Malaysia April unemployment rate spikes to 5% — highest since 1990
KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Malaysia’s unemployment rate in April 2020 spiked to 5% — the highest since 1990 — as unemployed persons went up 48.
OSK Celebrates 55 years in Property with Incredible deals & rewards
OSK Holdings Bhd started off as a small stock-broking firm and has successfully diversified into financial services, manufacturing, construction, property development and hospitality.
Proton cars now cost 1.2%-5.7% lower
KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): National carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd will reduce its car prices by 1.
No reports of Covid-19 transmission via food in Malaysia, says health D-G
KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Health director-general (D-G) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there are no reports of any Covid-19 infection being transmitted via food in Malaysia.
Apandi claims Sri Ram has "a clear mission of bias" against Najib
KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Former attorney-general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali (pictured) has claimed that Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, as senior deputy public prosecutor (DPP) in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) cases, has a "clear mission of bias" against the former premier.
Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases drop to eight today, with one death
KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases dropped to eight as of noon today from 43 yesterday, which raises the country's total confirmed Covid-19 infections to 8,453.
No cluster of infection among barbers so far
KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): The only one infection detected among barbers in the country does not form a cluster, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
AEON Co and AEON BiG management to be placed under one roof
KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): Come July, the management of AEON Co Ltd’s retail units in Malaysia — AEON Co (M) Bhd and AEON BiG (M) Sdn Bhd — will be restructured and consolidated into a single organisation as part of a 10-year strategy to create an agile, resilient and intrapreneurial retail organisation, The Edge reported today.
Lowering of foreign buyer price thresholds could boost property sales
KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): A balancing act is what governments must do when they attempt to strike a balance between the social and economic impact that the foreign ownership of properties will have on their respective countries, The Edge reported today.
MoH confirms a foreign barber has tested positive for Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed a viral social media post that a foreign barber has tested positive for Covid-19.
