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KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): While Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah agrees that the government should be planning on how to slowly return life to normal for Malaysians after the movement control order (MCO), he feels it should postpone allowing barbershops and hair salons to operate, Malaysiakini reported today.

PETALING JAYA: A hairstylist association disagrees with the government’s move to allow barbershops and salons to resume service during the movement control order (MCO) period, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): Higher Education Minister Noraini Ahmad’s proposal to promote the use of Tiktok among youths during the movement control order (MCO) period could jeopardise youths’ mastery of language, said the Universiti Malaya Academic Staff Union (Pkaum) in a Malaysiakini report last yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (April 10): A number of services, including hair salons, hardware and electronics shops will now be allowed to operate under the movement control order (MCO) subject to strict conditions, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): The Malaysian government, which announced today that it will extend its partial lockdown till April 28, has agreed that selected economic sectors will be allowed to resume operations in stages, under strict movement control order and healthcare guidelines.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd (BTSSB) will be waiving the rent for all its tenants at Berjaya Times Square during the first and second phases of the movement control order (MCO) between March 18 to April 14.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): The government has decided to extend the Movement Control Order (MCO) by another two weeks to April 28.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): A day before the government is due to decide on whether to extend the movement control order (MCO) beyond April 14, two medical bodies have taken different positions on the matter.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): A policeman who was on duty for the Covid-19 movement control order went beyond his call of duty and saved a puppy that fell into a monsoon drain, the Malay Mail reported today.

PETALING JAYA (April 9): The Education Ministry will not reopen schools immediately right after the Movement Control Order (MCO) period ends, without considering students' safety first, Deputy Education Minister Senator Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon told Sinchew Daily.