News about OUG

DONE DEAL: Condominium, Bukit Ceylon, Kuala Lumpur DONE DEAL: Office, Shah Alam, Selangor Whether you know it as Overseas Union Garden, Taman Overseas Union, or Taman OUG, there’s no denying the neighbourhood’s quiet charm.

Some 15 volunteers took about a month to complete a series of upgrading works for Shelter Home for Children, such as levelling and installing a concrete floor in the 1,200 sq ft car porch area; repairing ground floor window grilles and adding new mosquito nettings; installing new door frames in the indoor kitchen counter and sink area; installing a lockable grille door in the outdoor kitchen counter; and patching up a section of an interior wall that was previously exposed brick.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 7): Plaza OUG, fondly known as Yaohan to many in the community despite the Japanese departmental store having ceased operations more than two decades ago, will be demolished.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): The basic reproduction number (R-nought or R0) of Covid-19 infections in Malaysia climbed back up to 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Malaysia's cumulative Covid-19 death toll surpassed the 25,000 mark on Saturday after 228 new fatalities were registered.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Malaysia's daily number of reported Covid-19 related deaths rose to 487 yesterday (Sept 22) from 334 a day earlier (Sept 21), bringing total fatalities to 24,565 so far, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) latest updates.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): Malaysia recorded 388 Covid-19 related fatalities yesterday (Sept 17), up from 346 reported the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 25): Daily Covid-19 cases in Malaysia stayed above the 20,000 mark for the second day running, rising to 22,642 from 20,837 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 9): The Malaysian Health Coalition has expressed concern over the increasing number of Covid-19 patients brought-in-dead (BID) to hospitals, saying it reflects possible systemic failures.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 29): Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) expects the number of daily Covid-19 cases to increase to 13,000 by June 14, 2021, according to a post on his Twitter page.