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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) is demanding urgent reinstatement of the blanket loan moratorium by a further two to three months across the country at least for the bottom 40% (B40) and middle 40% (M40) income groups as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

PETALING JAYA (Oct 17): Local hotel associations have called on the government to find ways “to fairly regulate Airbnb”.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 16): It is a must for close contacts of positive Covid-19 cases to be quarantined for 14 days even if they tested negative on the first day, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Sarawak property developer and businessman Tan Sri Ting Pek Khiing (pictured) passed away earlier today, reported the Borneo Post.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The number of new COVID-19 cases jumped above the 600-level again to 629 today, compared with 589 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Two residential developments in the Mont’Kiara area have reportedly detected Covid-19 positive cases among their residents.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said today one of its employees at the EPF Kota Kinabalu (KK) branch had tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday (Oct 14).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): TA Global Bhd’s subsidiary Menara TA Sdn Bhd has been sued by Tien Entertainment Sdn Bhd over the alleged wrongful termination of tenancy.

To many, the building of over-priced houses by “profit-seeking” developers has caused the aggravation of housing affordability in the country, thereby leading to a spike in the number of overhangs in the market.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has put a stop to almost all economic activities globally, except for certain industries are booming such as glove manufacturing, the industry property segment appears to be a silver-lining for the property market in Malaysia.