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KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Malaysia reported a total of 578,105 Covid-19 infections since the start of 2021 up to last Saturday (June 19), of which 398,846 or 69% were identified as sporadic cases, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): A total of 150 construction sites have been ordered to close for failure to comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs), since the imposition of the third iteration of the full movement control order (MCO 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): The recent missed payment by Maju Expressway Sdn Bhd (MESB) of RM50 million principal due in June 2021 on the RM550 million Islamic MTN (IMTN) will not have an immediate impact on the C3/Negative rating of the RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 20): Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah (pictured), who is currently the chief transformation officer of Malaysia Airlines Bhd, could be appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, sources said on condition of anonymity.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Historically low interest rates are “fuelling” debt in Malaysian households, “which have funnelled loans mainly to the purchase of residential properties and passenger cars”, The Edge Malaysia reported this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Malaysia witnessed a decline in its daily vaccination rate to 180,066 yesterday (June 18) after administering more than 200,000 doses per day in the previous three days.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): Malaysia’s new daily Covid-19 cases climbed to 6,440 today — the highest number recorded since last Friday when there were 6,849 confirmed cases.

PETALING JAYA (June 18): Another exciting year beckons for budding architects and interior designers as they embark on an experiential journey with the Asia Young Designers Awards (AYDA 2021) that has returned for the 14th year running with the theme FORWARD: Amplifying Empathy Through Design.

PETALING JAYA (June 18): With increasing consolidation in the property sector, the market is seeing the industry being dominated by a few players with landbank that carried an estimated gross development value (GDV) of close to RM100 billion, said Public Investment Bank Bhd (PublicInvest Research).

It has been an “open secret” that housing developers “artificially” inflate property prices and then offer rebates to buyers to help offset the 10% down payment.