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KUALA LUMPUR (March 20):  The government has actually already banned the export of face masks effective March 18 in light of the COVID-19 situation in the country, says the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR (March16): The COVID-19 outbreak has now come under the purview of the National Security Council (MKN), said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): With the revised Guidelines on Foreign Participation in the Distributive Trade Services 2020 kicking in on Jan 1, the rules have now “been relaxed” for foreign operators of large-format grocery stores.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 13): The government should explain how the double-digit spike in raw building materials has come about if cement prices have not risen, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong says.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 31): Beijing has not given the greenlight for Malaysia to use military transport planes to evacuate our citizens stuck in Hubei province and Wuhan as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Foreign Affairs Minister Saifuddin Abdullah (pictured) said, reported Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): Mega coffee shop chain Starbucks has announced it has closed about half of its almost 4,300 outlets in The People’s Republic of China, reported the BBC today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 30): The government is postponing the implementation of the targeted fuel subsidy programme, which was slated to begin in January 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 26): Foreign Affairs minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has rubbished claims that Cabinet ministers were provided with a monthly RM5,700 parking allowance.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Further credit easing for first-time homebuyers is not advisable, the focus should be on the problem of rising household debt which has been largely driven by housing loans, says think tank.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 30): The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) has suggested to developers that they can try renting out unsold homes since there is a property overhang situation, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT).