Kejuruteraan Asastera abandons plans to venture into solar business
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Electrical and mechanical engineering company Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) has called off its solar energy investment venture.
Working from home and loving it
Jason Oh, an employee of a hospitality company currently based in Hong Kong — one of the countries affected by the COVID-19 outbreak that saw schools being shut down and the government rolling out a fiscal stimulus package to ease the impact of the virus – was required to work from home after the Chinese New Year holidays until the end of February 2020.
Advance Synergy’s Indonesian unit offered RM1.66m out-of-court settlement
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Holiday Villa hotels operator Advance Synergy Bhd (ASB) said its indirect Indonesian subsidiary, PT Diwangkara Holiday Villa Bali (DHVB), has entered into a settlement agreement with counterparties which it is suing.
HR Ministry: Employers must continue to pay full salary, allowance to all workers during partial lockdown
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Employers have to pay the full salary of all employees — including allowances — during the March 18-31 Movement Control Order period, said the Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR).
Sime Darby CEO Jeffri Salim Davidson tests positive for COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Two days after Sime Darby Bhd said its chairman has been tested positive for COVID-19, its group chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Jeffri Salim Davidson is found to have also contracted the virus.
WCT wins RM1.2b superstructure works contract for Pavilion Damansara Heights
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): WCT Holdings Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary WCT Bhd has today accepted the letter of award (LoA) for an estimated RM1.
SC and Bursa say share trading to continue, no suspension
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The trading of shares will go on, said the Securities Commission (SC) and Bursa Malaysia in a joint statement today.
Dutch Lady buys land in Techpark@enstek for RM57m to expand facilities
KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd is purchasing three plots of industrial lands within Techpark@enstek for some RM57 million to construct manufacturing facilities to keep up with demand for its products.
ERL adjusts train service schedule for partial lockdown period
KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Express Rail Link (ERL), the operator of KLIA Express and KLIA Transit services, announced today that the schedule of its train services is going to be adjusted from Friday (March 20), given the enforcement of the government's Movement Control Order to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
StanChart Malaysia employee in Petaling Jaya has COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): An employee from Standard Chartered Malaysia's Petaling Jaya branch has tested positive for Covid-19, the Star reported today.
