What are civil servants entitled to under the stimulus package?
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Several measures were announced by the government that were targeted at civil servants, public sector contract workers, as well as pensioners.
UK PM Boris Johnson has COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured) has tested positive for COVID-19 and has started self-isolation, Reuters reported today.
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Health DG: MCO part of preparations for COVID-19's 'third wave'
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The movement control order (MCO) being carried out by the government now is actually part of preparations to face the COVID-19 third wave, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.
COVID-19: Four clusters detected in Kluang
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Health Ministry's preliminary probe into the high number of cases in the Kluang district detected at least four clusters of infection there, reported Malaysiakini.
Over 2,000 hotel staff laid off, hotels need more help
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Malaysian Hotel Association (MAH) in response to the Prihatin Economic Stimulus Package announced today said the hotel industry “needs a little bit more help”, as it disclosed that as of now, 2,041 hotel employees in the country have already been laid off due to economic pressures and the extended movement control order (MCO) in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All projects under Budget 2020 to proceed, including ECRL, MRT2, NFCP
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): All projects under Budget 2020 to proceed, including East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), MRT2 and the National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan (NFCP) will go even with Putrajaya’s RM250 billion economic stimulus package to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Non-compounding interest for Affin Bank loans during 6-month moratorium
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Affin Bank Bhd and Affin Islamic Bank Bhd will be offering their retail customers and SME clients non-compounding interest or profit for six months, for term loan and term financing, during the moratorium for financing facilities due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Country Garden distributed 6,000 masks to KL North residents
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Country Garden Malaysia-Singapore Region has distributed some 6,000 masks to residents and police officers living and working in the area where one of its projects Lake City @ KL North is located, yesterday.
No glove shortage in Malaysia, don’t profiteer, says Margma
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Malaysian Rubber Gloves Manufacturers Association (Margma) has warned distributors to refrain from profiteering as there is adequate supply of gloves in the country.
BNM boosts SMEs' access to finance, relaxes rules on insurers
KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is increasing the allocation of financing facilities under its Fund for SMEs by an additional RM4 billion to RM13.
