Malaysian business sentiments hit record low in 2Q amid COVID-19 outbreak
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Business sentiment among Malaysian companies dived to a new low in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), sinking into the contractionary zone of -21.
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Business chambers call on govt to allow 11% EPF contribution withdrawal
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): The Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) and Malaysian Islamic Chamber of Commerce (MICC) is asking the government to allow active contributors of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to withdraw their 11% contribution to the fund over the past six months.
Maybank temporarily closes low-traffic branches during MCO
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is temporarily closing about 130 branches and service centres out of a total of more than 350 until March 31 during the movement control order (MCO).
Three individuals convicted for violating MCO
PUTRAJAYA (March 24): Three individuals have been convicted for offences related to movement control order (MCO) since it was imposed nationwide from March 18.
SC introduces more relief measures for capital market licensed entities
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) will waive the annual licensing fees for 2020 on the core regulated activity of all Capital Markets Services Licence (CMSL) entities with pre-tax profit of RM5 million or less during financial year 2019.
COVID-19: Another death in Melaka, tally now 15
KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Health director-general (DG) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today announced one more death from COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities to 15.
PLUS defers RFID implementation on its highways
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): PLUS Malaysia Bhd's (PLUS) radio-frequency identification (RFID) launch planned for April 1 has been postponed.
TTDI residents extend neighbourly hand to longhouse residents
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Taman Tun Dr Ismail Residents' Association (TTDI RA) has given a helping hand to the 100 families living at the Bukit Kiara longhouse in light of the Movement Control Order currently in place to curb the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Report: Volunteers with 3D printers can produce face masks, shields
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): A group of volunteers claims they can produce personal-protective equipment (PPE) such as face masks and face shields via 3D printers.
MCO: Burglars prey on vacated home
PETALING JAYA (March 24): The implementation of movement control order (MCO) by the authorities may have stopped people from socialising but it doesn’t stop the burglars from taking their chances on those who are away from home.
