News about pandemic

PETALING JAYA (May 1): The Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) has contributed to an improvement in Malaysia's overall property market performance in 2019 and should be reintroduced to provide a much needed boost to the property sector in light of the current downturn amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

PETALING JAYA (April 30): Hotels that have been set up to open this year have all been postponed in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) CEO Yap Lip Seng.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases dropped to pre-Movement Control Order (MCO) levels at 31 today, according to the Ministry of Health.

PETALING JAYA (April 28): Employers have to rethink the future workplace culture while preparing themselves for the post Movement Control Order (MCO) period, said Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan.

PETALING JAYA (April 24):  No one would have anticipated the Movement Control Order (MCO) brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, not least shopping mall operators and their tenants.

PETALING JAYA (April 23): Sentiments on the outlook for real estate markets globally have improved slightly as at April 15 according to a survey by real estate services provider Savills.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The government “will look into the possibility of deferring” the Hari Raya Aidilfitri public holidays in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Even with the significantly reduced number of daily reported cases, the country's “war” against the spread of Covid-19 may not even end until a vaccine is found, which may take up to 18 months, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PETALING JAYA (April 20): A “nationwide study” conducted by real estate sales and media company Juwai IQI revealed that “residential property prices are expected to surge in 2021” post the Covid-19 outbreak, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

The Covid-19 pandemic is inflicting unprecedented damage on the health and economic well-being of many countries, from the powerful to the weak.