Covid-19: Malaysia records 4,571 new cases, another 17 deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Malaysia logged in 4,571 new Covid-19 cases within the past 24 hours as of noon today.
PM: Jail and immediate business shutdown among stiffer penalties for non-compliance of lockdown SOPs
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The Government will beef up its enforcement of lockdown measures by raising the fines for repeat offenders and ordering an immediate shutdown of their business premises, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.
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Apandi lodges police report against Tommy Thomas for allegedly scandalising and humiliating officers in memoir
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali (pictured) has lodged a police report against his successor Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, claiming that the latter “scandalised and humiliated” officers of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) in his memoir entitled “My Story: Justice in the Wilderness”.
PM: Covid-19 immunisation programme will take one year to complete
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Malaysia's National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme will begin at the end of this month, to be rolled out in three phases up to February next year, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.
PM Muhyiddin: Govt amending Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The Government is in the process of amending the Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 to improve workers' accommodation in Malaysia as the nation contends with the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.
Malaysia-only HSR line would have similar earnings impact on local construction firms — Affin Hwang
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The implementation of a Malaysia-only High Speed Rail (HSR) line would have a similar impact on earnings for the Malaysian construction sector as the now-cancelled Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR line.
Construction sector to see earnings recovery in 2021, Affin Hwang predicts
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The construction sector is expected to post an earnings recovery in 2021 following the government’s plans to pump-prime the economy, opined Affin Hwang Capital Research senior associate director Loong Chee Wei.
MyEG to introduce at-home saliva-based Covid-19 test in the Philippines, aims to bring test to Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): My EG Services Bhd (MyEG) announced today that it will introduce an at-home saliva-based Covid-19 testing service in the Philippines this month to help the country's fight against the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
BNM unlikely to cut OPR further in 2021 — Affin Hwang
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is unlikely to cut its overnight policy rate (OPR) any further from the current 1.
Govt likely to look into reimplementing GST in 2022 or 2023, says Affin Hwang Capital
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The government is likely to look into the possible reimplementation of the goods and services tax (GST), but the implementation of the tax would likely be in 2022 and into 2023.
