Malaysia reports 1,116 new Covid-19 cases with five deaths; actives fall to 14,134

Mar 22

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 1,116 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing total infections to 334,156.

Pharmaniaga inks agreement with govt to distribute 200,000 imported finished Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines

Mar 22

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): Pharmaniaga Bhd has inked an agreement with the government to supply and distribute 200,000 doses of imported Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine as finished products, it said today.

Boustead Holdings seeks time extension to comply with RM2.5b bond covenant

Mar 22

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): Boustead Holdings Bhd is seeking time extension consent from holders of the diversified group’s RM2.

CapitaLand to restructure business, new entity to be listed on SGX; shareholders to receive implied consideration of S$4.102 per share

Mar 22

SINGAPORE (March 22): CapitaLand, on March 22, has announced a scheme of arrangement with CLA Real Estate Holdings.

Highway construction accident left three dead and one injured so far

Mar 22

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): Another horrifying accident has claimed three lives and left one gravely injured when a tower crane along the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) construction fell right on a car passing by at the site near Puncak Banyan, Persiaran Alam Damai, Cheras this morning.

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 1,671 new cases, active cases at 14,442

Mar 20

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Malaysia posted 1,671 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing cumulative infections recorded in the country to 331,713.

Parkson’s ‘store count’ to shrink

Mar 20

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Parkson Corp Sdn Bhd (Parkson) will shut down two of its department stores this year while “mulling the closure of a third store”, The Edge Malaysia reported this week.

Report: Four years for retail industry to recover to 2019 levels

Mar 20

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The local retail sector could take up to four years to recover to 2019 levels “even if a potential surge in sales from revenge shopping materialises”, The Edge Malaysia reported this week.