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KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Malaysia’s unemployment rate, which rose to 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) said there is no need to close schools and kindergartens in Kedah and Sabah, despite the re-emergence of Covid-19 cases there.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): YTL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust’s (YTL REIT) net property income fell 26.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Malaysia’s daily new Covid-19 cases fell to eight — from 13 reported yesterday — of which seven involved locals, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), who has been convicted of seven charges relating to the misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds, has filed a notice of appeal to overturn the conviction handed down by the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Australia’s state of Victoria has recorded 13 deaths and 723 new cases today, reported the BBC.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Senior Minister for Security Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Putrajaya is considering shutting down schools again in light of the case of a primary school student positive for Covid-19 in Sabah, FMT reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said today the government's decision to restrict foreign workers to the construction, agriculture and plantation sectors will further devastate operations of other industries including manufacturing and services, which are trying very hard to recover from the country's movement control order (MCO) to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.

PETALING JAYA (July 30): A property consultant has urged the Johor state government to review the Rent-to-Own (RTO) housing scheme owing to the current market condition that has been impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak, The Star report today.

PETALING JAYA (July 30): Malaysian showbusiness practitioners have seen their income badly impacted owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.