S&P Global cuts Malaysia's growth forecast
PETALING JAYA (June 29): S&P Global cut its growth forecasts on Malaysia to 4.
Highlights of the National People’s Well-being and Economic Recovery Package
These are the key takeaways of the National People’s Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package (PEMULIH) announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Distributive trade sector's SOP compliance satisfactory, says KPDNHEP
KUALA LUMPUR (June 28): The Enforcement Division of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) has inspected a total of 615, 996 premises nationwide from May 13 last year, until Saturday (June 26).
Case numbers and vaccination rates not enough to capture complexity of pandemic, says health coalition
KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Insisting that the three criteria of case numbers, ICU bed utilisation and vaccination rates are not adequate to capture the complexity of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Malaysian Health Coalition (MHC) has called for additional KPIs to guide the National Recovery Plan.
Tom Cruise is off the market – i.e. his house
Tom Cruise’s custom-designed 320-acre mountain abode in Telluride, Colorado was sold at its asking price of US$39.
Renovating an old house requires passion
Many hesitate to buy a lived-in property because of the money and effort needed to get it back into shape.
Malaysia’s DCA gives conditional approval for single-dose CanSino and J&J vaccines, okays Pfizer jabs for 12-year-olds and above
KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Covid-19 vaccines produced by China's CanSino Biologics and the US' Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have been given conditional approval for their usage in Malaysia as both vaccines require only one dose to be effective, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Penang govt to build affordable homes in Bayan Baru
GEORGE TOWN (June 14): The first affordable housing project by the Penang state housing board will be located in Bayan Baru, reported Free Malaysia Today.
Works Minister Fadillah Yusof tests positive for Covid-19, undergoing home quarantine
KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (pictured) has tested positive for Covid-19.
Is the extension of HOC ‘privatising profits and socialising losses’?
The government on May 31, 2021 announced the RM40 billion PEMERKASA+ aid package, and one of the measures was extending the residential home stamp duty exemption scheme under the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) for six months to Dec 31, 2021.
