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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): Sundry stores, grocery shops, convenience stores and Chinese medicine shops in the city will not be allowed to sell hard liquor starting from Oct 1 next year, City Hall (DBKL) announced yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): Plans are “being put forward” to inject more development on the Kwasa Damansara project site, The Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): Community-based co-sharing cloud kitchen space operator COOKHOUSE today announced four more new locations in Klang Valley after its first location launch of Sunway in July.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17):  “I don’t believe there’s any wrongdoing,” Low Taek Jho (pictured), the alleged mastermind behind the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scam, was quoted by Qatari state-owned news channel Al Jazeera as claiming in a series of telephone conversations he had with the former Malaysian government, led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): The Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today denied that the enforcement of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) has failed to curb the spread of Covid-19 cases in the Klang Valley.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): Gerik Member of Parliament, Datuk Hasbullah Osman, passed away in Raub, Pahang, today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): Job or employment loss appears to be Malaysians' top worry as the unprecedented Covid-19-led economic crisis has taken a toll on everyone across the nation, according to independent think tank EMIR Research Sdn Bhd's survey involving 2,096 respondents.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): Berjaya Corp Bhd founder and executive chairman Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun's plans to build a five-star hotel in Iceland face opposition from Iceland's port authority, who argues that the proposed development will encroach on its lot, according to a news report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): Three new Covid-19 clusters yesterday — namely Plaza, Kalabakan and Jeri — with 60 infections were detected, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15): Malaysia today saw 1,208 new Covid-19 cases, with a spike of new cases in the Klang Valley, making it the third consecutive day of four-digit new cases.