Logistics property to draw investment interest
PETALING JAYA (April 22): Institutional funds and REIT managers remain positive about investing in the logistics/industrial property sub-sector in Malaysia, according to Knight Frank Malaysia.
Community garden provides vulnerable groups with fresh produce during MCO
PETALING JAYA (April 22): Many people who need to go out to work and earn daily wages have been affected by the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia which was imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Trump pauses green cards; Senate passes aid package
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): US President Trump said on Tuesday that he would order a temporary halt in issuing green cards to prevent people from immigrating to the United States, but he backed away from plans to suspend guest worker programmes after business groups exploded in anger at the threat of losing access to foreign labor, the New York Times (NYT) reported today.
US protesters demand end to Covid-19 lockdown, officials urge caution
KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The US debate over restrictions for fighting the coronavirus intensified on Monday, as protesters labelled mandatory lockdowns as “tyranny,” while medical workers and health experts warned that lifting them too soon risked unleashing a greater disaster, Reuters reported today.
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Malaysia housing price drop could be worse than in 1998
PETALING JAYA (April 16): With the COVID-19 crisis and worries over an economic recession, housing price in Malaysia is expected to fall by between 10% to 15%, which is a deeper drop than in 1998 during the Asian Financial Crisis, according to NawawiTie Leung Property Consultants director and regional head of research and consulting Saleha Yusoff.
Four new cases reported in both Kampung Baru and Bali clusters
KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Four new cases were reported in the Kampung Baru and Bali clusters of infections, according to the data given by the Ministry of Health.
Trump halts US funding to WHO
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis, Reuters reported today.
The Edge: More PPEs on the way to hospitals
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): The Edge Covid-19 Equipment Fund will be delivering another batch of personal protective equipment (PPEs) to public hospitals in the country over the next two weeks.
