Hotel Royal Penang to cease operations soon
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 16): Hotel Royal Penang (pictured) will permanently cease operations “soon”, the New Straits Times (NST) reported yesterday.
FMM calls on govt to open all economic sectors under recovery phase, do away with red tape
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has urged the government to open up all economic sectors under the recovery phase and do away with the “approval letter” requirement and just base it on the vaccination rates and the digital certificate as the criteria and strictly following the standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Health Ministry to focus on five states with high Covid-19 cases, slow vaccination rates
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): The government will accelerate Covid-19 vaccination and medical operations in five states soon, namely Sabah, Johor, Penang, Kedah and Kelantan that are currently experiencing a spike of Covid-19 cases, as well as slow vaccination rates, according to newly minted Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pictured).
False declaration a serious offence
Statutory declarations are commonly used for procedural matters.
Continued reforms needed to improve Malaysia’s business environment, says OECD
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): While the Malaysian economy is on the road to recovery from Covid-19, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said risks still remain from the ongoing crisis, as continued reforms are required to improve the business environment further and accelerate digitalisation.
Walmart provides free college tuition and books to 1.5m employees
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Management Corporations can now sue developers – what are the implications?
There have been rapid developments in the judicial determination of housing laws in Malaysia in recent years.
MEF: EMCO could have been better planned
KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): The imposition of the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in most parts of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur could have been better planned considering that they are highly populated areas and contribute 40% to national gross domestic product (GDP), said the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF).
FMM: Prolonged and indefinite Phase 1 of NRP will 'kill' manufacturing industry
KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Local manufacturers today appealed to the government to immediately move on to Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) to prevent permanent and irreversible damage to their business and the economy.
FMM: PEMULIH is timely for businesses to survive
PETALING JAYA (June 29): The six-month loan moratorium and the enhancement of the Wage Subsidy Programme (WSP) under the National People’s Well-being and Economic Recovery package (PEMULIH) are timely measures for the survival of businesses during lockdown, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).
