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Report: Preschool and kindergarten SOPs 'will not survive the first period of the first hour'
Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy: How do you ensure that young children in preschool adhere to social distancing rules? Will every object touched by a child be disinfected?
DONE DEAL: Factory, Port Klang, Selangor
Rented for: RM68,000 (RM1.40 psf); Concluded by: Norman Soo (REN 20639) (017-309 0128) of CID Realtors Sdn Bhd ; When: January 2020
DONE DEAL: D’Villa Botany 2-storey semidee house, Kota Damansara, Selangor
Sold for: RM2.6 million (RM525.15 psf); Concluded by: Ann Soh (REN 03232) (018-369 8650) of Metro Rec Sdn Bhd; When: December 2019
Hong Kong to allow public gatherings of up to 50 people and scrap patron limits on restaurants
The significant relaxation of rules will come into effect on Friday, valid for 14 days, and also includes the lifting of customer limits for restaurants, while the maximum number of people per room in karaoke lounges will double from eight to 16. But tables will still have to be kept 1.5m (five feet) apart.
Education minister: Schools will be inspected to measure 'efficacy' of Covid-19 SOPs
“I’ve asked everyone in the ministry, state and district departments, including myself, to go to the schools unannounced. It’s not to punish the schools, not at all. Instead, it’s to help us evaluate how well the SOPs and our preparedness naturally”
AEON Co and AEON BiG management to be placed under one roof
The management reorganisation calls for privately held AEON BiG to relocate its offices from Subang Jaya, Selangor, to AEON Co’s headquarters at Taman Maluri, Kuala Lumpur, beginning next month.
Lowering of foreign buyer price thresholds could boost property sales
Closer to home, even though Putrajaya lowered the foreign ownership price threshold in Budget 2020 to RM600,000 from RM1 million effective this year, state governments have jurisdiction over property and they have their own price caps in this matter.
Another 13.5m sq ft of mall space in Greater KL expected by 2022
“As the Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO) had brought works at projects and construction sites to a standstill, an extension of timing for completion of these new malls is to be expected,” noted Savills.
Savills Malaysia: Mall occupancy and rents in Greater KL remain stable in 1Q2020
“Massive business closures are unlikely to happen at least in the established malls while mall owners have stepped up in strategizing and introducing new commercial terms to maintain occupancy levels.”
