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The third wave of Covid-19 in Malaysia has shaken shoppers’ confidence and also become the final straw that has broken the camel’s back for some retailers, in turn hurting the mall operators’ rental revenue and future expansion plans.

KOTA KINABALU (Nov 6): Sutera Harbour Resorts (SHR) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah said the company is not related to the Sutera cluster which was reported by the Ministry of Health earlier on Nov 5, 2020.

While the outlook of shopping malls in the near term remains bleak due to the third wave of Covid-19 and intense competition of online shopping, Henry Butcher Retail managing director Tan Hai Hsin is optimistic that shopping malls are still relevant in the long run.

On a Saturday afternoon two weeks ago, engineer Shai Gia Wei visited his favourite shopping mall in Petaling Jaya as usual to do the weekly grocery shopping with his wife, and found the trip much easier as not many visitors were there.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Malaysia reported 1,009 new Covid-19 cases today, marking the third day in a row the daily number of cases is back in four digits.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Tafi Industries Bhd has proposed a diversification of its operations to include property development and construction activities, via a conditional joint venture (JV) with E Prompt Sdn Bhd, for the development of a 33-acre (13.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 5): A doctor and nurses from the Teoh & Cheah Clinic, Taman Paramount who attended to a Covid-19 positive patient are now under self quarantine, according to a report by Malaysiakini based on a Tweet by Selangor state assemblyperson Lim Yi Wei.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Speaker of Dewan Rakyat Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun (pictured) called upon members of the media to make sacrifices and accept Parliament's decision to restrict coverage of Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara proceedings to 15 media agencies.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Local property buyers have either delayed or cancelled their plans to acquire property following the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a survey by CGS-CIMB Research.

SHAH ALAM (Nov 5): Top Glove Corp Bhd confirmed that 17 of its employees have tested positive for the Covid-19 since January this year.