News about shopping malls

Every year, the festive ambience and specially curated Chinese New Year (CNY) decorations are one of the crowd pullers to shopping malls.

The Covid-19 pandemic has dampened the year as no one foresaw it coming.

节节上升的新冠肺炎确诊人数导致政府被迫二次执行有条件行动管制令（简称CMCO）。虽然这并非商场的过错，但一浪接一浪的坏消息仍让城内各大商场蒙受每日访客人数剧减的打击。 针对第二次CMCO的影响，马来西亚购物广场协会（PPK）主席丹斯里Teo Chiang Kok告诉EdgeProp.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): Retail groups have questioned the rationale for restaurants with bar service to close by 11pm beginning from today as announced by the menteri besar (MB) of Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Capitaland Malaysia Mall Trust (CMMT) said its earnings in the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 was affected by lower rental income from its shopping malls, following the implementation of the movement control order (MCO).

PETALING JAYA (May 1): The Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPK) is calling for the enactment of the Covid-19 Act purportedly to protect businesses and jobs to protect both landlord and tenant in genuine situations with no abuse for a “free-ride”.

PETALING JAYA (April 24): Based on the ratio of retail space per person in the country, there is no overbuilding of shopping malls in Malaysia, stressed Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPK) president Tan Sri Teo Chiang Kok.

PETALING JAYA (April 24): Malls are now close to empty due to the Movement Control Order (MCO) to break the spreading chain of the Covid-19 pandemic.

PETALING JAYA (March 23): While the Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPKM) applauds Sunway Mall’s proactive move to grant free rent to its tenants from 18 to 31 March, 2020, PPKM reiterates that such decisions are entirely within the mall’s individual prerogative and circumstances, and does not represent the whole shopping mall industry.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 18): It is still premature to immediately give out rental rebate to retailers affected by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, said the Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPK Malaysia) in response to the joint media statement issued by several retailer groups yesterday.