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KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): The Better Malaysia Foundation (BMF) recently proposed to allow 100% financing for two-generation loans and for the government to guarantee such loans to enable the B40 group to own homes, reported The Edge Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): The government has published the Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (HIDE) system to reveal potential Covid-19 hotspots in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Genting Bhd-owned Resorts World Las Vegas, which is set to open on June 24, 2021, is reported to have received the US’ Nevada Gaming Control Board’s licence approval recommendation after the regulator’s chairman and commissioners endorsed the licence for approval on May 20, 2021 by the five-member Nevada Gaming Commission, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Malaysia’s active cases, which carry high transmission risks, surged to 34,789 cases yesterday, up 5,562 cases from 29,227 a week ago.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Major shareholders of Amcorp Properties Bhd (Amprop) have proposed to take the company private via selective capital reduction (SCR) and repayment exercise of 90 sen per share.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Daily new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia surged to 4,498 today – the fifth highest number reported in a single day – from 3,551 yesterday, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): S P Setia Bhd is selling eight parcels of plantation land in Johor to Scientex Bhd for RM518.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): The National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM) urged the government to immediately vaccinate airline workers before dispatching flights to India as they are the most at-risk workers besides frontliners working in hospitals.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Bank Negara Malaysia kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) pat at its historic low of 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s (pictured lawyer Iskandar Shah Ibrahim claimed today the prosecution in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) asset forfeiture case has failed to prove the existence of a money trail showing the 263 handbags seized from Rosmah’s residence were purchased using 1MDB funds as the police officers investigating the matter had not shown such information.