News about pandemic

SINGAPORE (March 24): The major restructuring plan by CapitaLand to consolidate its fund management and lodging business into a new entity as well as taking its property development business private may pave the way for other industry players to follow suit, reported Bloomberg.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 2): Amid challenging global economic environment due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysia recorded a total of RM164 billion in approved investments through 4,599 projects in the manufacturing, services and primary sectors in 2020, according to the International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 27): One of the sectors most “battered” by the Covid-19 pandemic is the tourism industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 27): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) declared a 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Paramount Corp Bhd’s net profit slumped 81.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): As the majority of Malaysia’s workforce continues to work from home, the UOB ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study discovered that flexible work arrangements are critical to achieving work-life-balance as part of new working norms post-Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): The government has agreed to extend free vaccination to foreign nationals residing in Malaysia as part of the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): Malaysia reported today 2,764 newly-confirmed Covid-19 infected individuals and 13 pandemic-related deaths, which brought the country's total number of fatalities due to the outbreak to 909 so far.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) deputy governor Marzunisham Omar said there have been growing concerns that terrorist groups are using the Covid-19 pandemic to advance their propaganda and fundraising efforts.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 3): Even though the movement control order for all states and federal territories except for Sarawak has been extended to Feb 18, the government has allowed “all sectors of the economy to be reopened”, The Star reported today based on a source.