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KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Mean monthly salaries and wages fell by 9% in 2020 — the first decline since the series began in 2010 — as Malaysia's labour market experienced uneven momentum following health crisis and economic consequences last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccination rate exceeded 400,000 doses for two straight days with 424,541 doses administered yesterday (July 13), up from 421,479 doses previously.

PETALING JAYA (July 14): Competing against finalists from 13 different locations across Asia, Malaysia’s talent shined through during the 13th instalment of Asia Young Designer Awards’ (AYDA) as Dayana Aripin and Evva Lim Fee Yah emerged as Asia Young Designers of the Year 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Opposition lawmaker Tony Pua (pictured) raised the question today as to why there is “no strategic urgency to drastically boost the number of tests carried out” as he said the number of untested Covid-19 positive cases infecting the community is clearly still “very, very large”.

ROME (July 13): Fancy basking in the warm and relaxing Mediterranean sun? Or a dip in the sprawling beaches along the Tyrrhenian Sea on the west coast and the Ionian Sea on the east? All that while getting paid for it.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has made it compulsory for workers employed by manufacturers within Selangor enclaves placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) to be tested twice a week using the Antigen Rapid Test Kit (RTK-Ag) to determine early if workers have contracted the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): Genting Malaysia Bhd’s indirect 100%-owned subsidiary Genting New York LLC has been named among the 10 highest-spending lobbying entities in the US state of New York after the casino and hotel operator was reported to have spent US$1.

SHANGHAI (July 12): China’s Ministry of Emergency Management has activated a Level-IV emergency response for flood control on July 11 as heavy rain is expected to lash parts of the country, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): A total of 337,478 doses of Covid-19 vaccines were given yesterday (July 9) across the country, the fifth day running with over 300,000 jabs administered.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): Ibraco Bhd has secured a turnkey engineering, construction and commissioning contract worth about RM169 million for houses under the Rumah Pertiwi Scheme in Kuching, Sarawak.