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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 25): CGS-CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd said today the worst is likely over for the share price of retail-centric CapitaLand Malaysia Mall Trust (CMMT) in anticipation that the Covid-19 pandemic vaccine rollout in March 2021 will help turn around the country’s retail sector.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 25): Despite the many challenges faced by the property market in Malaysia arising from factors such as the pandemic and political uncertainty in the nation, the industrial sector will continue to shine in local property market  with regional logistics and warehousing being one of the primary prospects in the long-term, said CBRE I WTW managing director Foo Gee Jen.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): The European Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Eurocham) Malaysia has denied that the government had warned that it would impose a lockdown immediately after Feb 4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): Nine new Covid-19 clusters have been detected by the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): Malaysia registered another 3,631 new Covid-19 cases today, with 18 more fatalities — which marks the coronavirus' deadliest day in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected 16 new clusters of Covid-19 infections, 11 of which are linked to workplaces.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) said 10,768 of its commercial customers who had previously received a 15% discount under the Penjana economic stimulus package are automatically eligible for the 10% discount under the new Permai package.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): US President Donald Trump (pictured) has granted a full pardon to Elliot Broidy, who was convicted last year on a conspiracy to lobby on behalf of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, as he is better known, who was described by investigators as the mastermind behind the massive financial fraud at 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): The Ministry of Health (MoH) today announced 16 new clusters today — the highest reported in a single day — bringing total active clusters being monitored by the Ministry to 318.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Mobilus Sdn Bhd has welcomed the arrival of the first automated rapid transit (ART) system into Johor, which is set to be the site for a bus pilot testing programme to be launched in Iskandar Malaysia in the first quarter of 2021.