News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Casino-to-hospitality company Genting Malaysia Bhd is cutting 3,000 jobs, according to people familiar with the matter in a Bloomberg report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Number forecast operators (NFOs) will resume operations today after shutting their doors for more than three months since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented on March 18.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): Malaysia reported its highest single-day jump in Covid-19 recoveries to 333 cases today, far outpacing the 11 new infections reported, lowering the number of active cases in the country to 651.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): Genting Malaysia Bhd announced today that the casino and hotel operator's Resorts World Kijal and Resorts World Langkawi will reopen on Thursday (June 18).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): Malaysia registered 43 new cases of Covid-19 infections today, of which 38 were local transmissions while five were imported cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): Come July, the management of AEON Co Ltd’s retail units in Malaysia — AEON Co (M) Bhd and AEON BiG (M) Sdn Bhd — will be restructured and consolidated into a single organisation as part of a 10-year strategy to create an agile, resilient and intrapreneurial retail organisation, The Edge reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): A balancing act is what governments must do when they attempt to strike a balance between the social and economic impact that the foreign ownership of properties will have on their respective countries, The Edge reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) is raising up to RM5 billion from a sukuk issuance to “fund business growth and to meet future funding requirements”.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed a viral social media post that a foreign barber has tested positive for Covid-19.

PETALING JAYA (June 12): Greater Kuala Lumpur will receive another 13.