No reprieve for Bursa construction stocks as Malaysia imposes movement control order
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Bursa Malaysia’s construction index, which tracks share prices of builders listed on the exchange, settled down 13.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Bursa Malaysia’s construction index, which tracks share prices of builders listed on the exchange, settled down 13.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Public Bank Bhd will be providing a special relief facility for small and medium enterprise (SME) customers and a relief assistance programme for loan repayments.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities has underlined five operations that will continue as usual throughout the movement control order (MCO).
SINGAPORE (March 19): Past midnight, Armel Sharil waited until the metal gates of Kranji MRT Station were pulled shut at 1am before he carefully laid a cardboard on the floor to lie down and rest his eyes, according to a report by TODAY published today.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): RHB Bank and RHB Islamic Bank are now offering a moratorium of up to six months for loan repayments to customers affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, via its financial relief programme.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd have expanded their financial relief programmes for customers who have been impacted by the continued COVID-19 outbreak.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The government said the palm oil industry may continue operations during the restricted movement period to ensure steady supplies of the tropical oil to global markets, a producer group told Reuters today.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The National Security Council (NSC) has allowed manufacturing industries to continue to operate under certain conditions during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, especially for the production of critical products.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The visiting of prisoners by family members of inmates at all prisons in the country has been postponed following the implementation of the Movement Control Order.
PETALING JAYA (March 18): The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) said there is an urgent need for the government to come up with further measures to help alleviate the financial burden of workers as industries reel from the COVID-19 crisis.