News about MCO

While the outlook of shopping malls in the near term remains bleak due to the third wave of Covid-19 and intense competition of online shopping, Henry Butcher Retail managing director Tan Hai Hsin is optimistic that shopping malls are still relevant in the long run.

On a Saturday afternoon two weeks ago, engineer Shai Gia Wei visited his favourite shopping mall in Petaling Jaya as usual to do the weekly grocery shopping with his wife, and found the trip much easier as not many visitors were there.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The hearing of the Malaysian government's RM250 million suit against National Feedlot Corp Sdn Bhd (NFCorp), its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail and nine others has been postponed to a date yet to be fixed due to the conditional movement control order (CMCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): Submissions for the end of former Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad’s (pictured) defence in his graft case in relation to a hotel purchase in Sarawak have been deferred to Dec 4 due to the conditional movement control order (CMCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): The Malaysian Association of Film Exhibitors (MAFE) has collectively decided to temporarily suspend operations.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): The recent resurgence in the number of Covid-19 cases indicates that the path towards Malaysia's anticipated economic recovery in 2021 may not be smooth but instead bumpy.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 26): The conditional movement control order (CMCO) enforced in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya will be extended for another two weeks, until Nov 9, 2020, according to the National Security Council (MKN) announcement.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 23): Gamuda Land today unveiled the first of its kind virtual reality platform in 3D format and full 360° view called Gamuda Land Virtual Experiential Gallery (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The work-from-home (WFH) directive, which has been enforced starting today in areas under Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), is to generally reduce physical interactions and the movement of people in high-risk areas, explained Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured) in his daily media briefing today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): After the government enforced work-from-home (WFH) rules for employees at the management and supervisory levels across the private and public sectors in areas under the conditional movement control order (CMCO), and later amended the rules to allow only 10% of them to work on-site, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) said the instructions seemed vague, difficult to follow and had generated confusion.