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SINGAPORE (March 19): Past midnight, Armel Sharil waited until the metal gates of Kranji MRT Station were pulled shut at 1am before he carefully laid a cardboard on the floor to lie down and rest his eyes, according to a report by TODAY published today.

Sold for: RM800,000 (RM168.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Public Bank Bhd, usually described as solid like a rock, suffered its largest single-day percentage drop in ten years, to close at RM13.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd is purchasing three plots of industrial lands within Techpark@enstek for some RM57 million to construct manufacturing facilities to keep up with demand for its products.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): RHB Bank and RHB Islamic Bank are now offering a moratorium of up to six months for loan repayments to customers affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, via its financial relief programme.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): SYF Resources Bhd, via a subsidiary, is selling a freehold property in Semenyih, Selangor, for RM11.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd have expanded their financial relief programmes for customers who have been impacted by the continued COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The government said the palm oil industry may continue operations during the restricted movement period to ensure steady supplies of the tropical oil to global markets, a producer group told Reuters today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The National Security Council (NSC) has allowed manufacturing industries to continue to operate under certain conditions during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, especially for the production of critical products.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) has appealed to all Malaysians to "just stay home" to adhere to the 14-day Movement Control Order that came into force today, to break the chain of COVID-19 infection.