Playing a long-term game
When the chips are generally down but you are not just still standing firm but rising stronger, people can’t help but take notice.
More than 60% of new Malaysian Airbnb hosts in 1H21 were millennials
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): More than 60% of new Airbnb hosts in Malaysia in the first half of 2021 (1H21) comprised millennials aged between 25 and 40.
Malaysia adds 19,307 Covid-19 cases on Sept 9
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): Malaysia reported 19,307 new Covid-19 cases as at noon today, a decline from 19,733 infections the day before, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah tweeted.
Knight Frank: One in four people are looking to move house in next 12 months
PETALING JAYA (Sept 9): According to Knight Frank, one in four people are looking to move house in the next 12 months.
PPB Properties' Megah Rise scheduled for topping-out by end-September
PETALING JAYA (Sept 9): PPB Properties, the property division of PPB Group Bhd, announced that Megah Rise’s residential tower in Taman Megah, Selangor is scheduled for topping-out by the end of September.
BNM maintains OPR at 1.75%
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has decided to maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 1.
FMM calls on govt to open all economic sectors under recovery phase, do away with red tape
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has urged the government to open up all economic sectors under the recovery phase and do away with the “approval letter” requirement and just base it on the vaccination rates and the digital certificate as the criteria and strictly following the standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Wahid: Foreign worker issue needs immediate attention as planters, glovemakers face forced labour claims
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): The Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur (ECKL) advisory council chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar said today Malaysia needs to reform its labour policies to address matters including the country’s foreign worker issue which needs immediate attention amid forced labour allegations against oil palm planters and rubber glove manufacturers.
ECKL welcomes govt's announcement to move Klang Valley into Phase 2 of NRP; clearer prospects of achieving 4% GDP growth
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur (ECKL) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar has welcomed the government’s announcement to move Klang Valley into the second phase of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), pointing out that this move will make the prospects of achieving 4% of gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year clearer.
Finance Minister: Malaysia on recovery path supported by reopening of economy
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): The Malaysian economy is now on the path to recovery supported by the reopening of more economic sectors and it is estimated to chart better growth for 2022, said Minister of Finance Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.
