News by Emir Zainul

AEON BiG (M) Sdn Bhd, in a statement today, said the appeals court dismissed landlord Mega Continental Sdn Bhd’s appeal against the November 2019 judgment of the High Court in Penang.

His Majesty pointed out that it will be recorded in history as a reflection of failure of state leadership rather than a success. 

Khairy also rejected Razaleigh’s claim that Putrajaya has used up the entire allocation of RM3 billion to cover just 20% of the population.

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin: I would like to inform market investors in Malaysia that the announcements [by private companies related to Covid-19 vaccines] do not mean that they are procured by the government. So far, the only procurement made by the government is with COVAX for 10% of the population, and Pfizer for 20% of the population. These arrangements are made directly by the government without the use of any middleman or third party

Yong Tai will be SZKT's partner in Malaysia to conduct Phase III clinical trials and exclusive commercialisation of the vaccine.

The CMCO for Selangor, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Sabah, Labuan, Kelantan, Perak, Penang and Negeri Sembilan is currently scheduled to end on Sunday (Dec 6).

"The Prime Ministers took stock of the progress of discussions, and gained a good understanding of Malaysia’s and Singapore’s respective positions,” said a joint statement.

The central bank said this will be under the Targeted Relief and Recovery Facility (TRRF) which is aimed at assisting eligible SMEs in the services sector, whose revenues have been affected by the recent enhanced and conditional movement control orders. 

Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob: The risk assessment by the Ministry of Health (MoH) found that the positive rate in this area is still high whereby there are still new positive cases detected among employees through the second screening tests.

As for those in the middle 40% income group (M40) seeking a reduction in monthly instalments, they would have to make a self-declaration with the banks, but can do so without documents.