CNY, Hari Raya and surge in grocery shopping won’t avert first retail contraction in 22 years
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Malaysia is expected to see its first retail sales contraction in 22 years at 5.
The Edge: More PPEs on the way to hospitals
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): The Edge Covid-19 Equipment Fund will be delivering another batch of personal protective equipment (PPEs) to public hospitals in the country over the next two weeks.
Malaysia Airlines to resume limited flights from KL to Sabah, Sarawak this week — Transport Minister
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Malaysia Airlines Bhd will resume once-weekly service between Kuala Lumpur and Kuching, Miri and Kota Kinabalu starting this week, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
CCC-ECRL donates medical supplies to locale along alignment
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project contractor China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd (CCC-ECRL) is donating medical supplies including more than 150,000 masks to state governments and local councils along the alignment.
EPF further extends deadline for employers' April 2020 contribution
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is further extending the deadline for employers in Malaysia to remit their mandatory contribution for the salary month of March 2020 (April contributions) to April 30 from the previously announced April 24, following requests from employers for more time to do so.
No more finger or thumb scanning — how COVID-19 changes biometric, access card usage worldwide
Beyond the work-from-home orders to millions of office workers around the world, another major shift has impacted work trends following the Covid-19 health scare — the sudden avoidance and even abandonment of finger- and thumb-biometric scanning to mark staff attendance and ensure workplace security and hygiene.
'Empower' JMBs/MCs and building managers during MCO
PETALING JAYA (April 14): There are still grey areas when it comes to property management services for stratified properties as the country enters into its third phase of the Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO) which has been extended until April 28.
TA Global halts operations of six hotels due to Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): The outbreak of Covid-19 has prompted real estate developer TA Global Bhd to temporarily close six of its hotels.
Health DG: PPE supply can only last for another two weeks
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): The Ministry of Health (MoH) currently has enough supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers who are in contact with Covid-19 patients to last for at least another two weeks, according to its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
COVID-19: MoH detects two sub-clusters in Kuantan with 20 infections including one death
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): The Ministry of Health (M0H) has detected two sub-clusters in Kuantan, in which 20 individuals have contracted the Covid-19 virus and one has passed away.
