Is e-commerce paying off for retailers?

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): With the long drawn out effort to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, e-commerce has been touted as the saviour for retailers as consumers spend less time and money at physical stores.

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MCO: The impact on hotel transactions

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): The various movement controls since March last year imposed by the government to combat the Covid-19 pandemic have no doubt been a big blow to the hospitality and tourism industries.

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Do not pay beyond 50% until property fully redeemed by developer

It sounds incredulous, but banks had initiated foreclosure proceedings against homebuyers, not because the latter had failed to pay their instalments, but to recover loans which their developers had defaulted! And this was legal because the developers had secured their loans by using the purchasers’ houses as collateral! The crux of the problem was that the Housing and Local Government Ministry’s (KPKT) prescribed sale and purchase agreement (SPA) allowed developers to build houses with the instalments of the purchase price paid by purchasers from the day the SPAs were signed.

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Rising awareness on healthier workplaces

Malaysian Institute of Architects president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail deems that in terms of working space planning, Malaysia is doing fine for now as there are more new buildings with airy green common spaces.

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Court of Appeal brings forward hearing on Anwar, Pardons Board’s case to March 18

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 27): The Court of Appeal here had today brought forward to March 18, 2021 from July 28, 2021 the hearing on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's (pictured) and the Pardons Board's appeal against the High Court's refusal to strike out a challenge brought by lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz against the pardon obtained by the opposition leader for his second sodomy conviction.

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