News by Emir Zainul

Chief statistician of Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin further said that in the normal business environment, it is estimated that the sales of wholesale and retail trade fell RM45 billion in April 2020.

Noor Hisham said at this point, Malaysia is still strengthening its border control in order to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah pointed to a case reported today which saw a foreign worker testing positive for Covid-19 after he was required to undergo the screening before joining the company. 

Under this programme, dubbed the SME Go-Scheme, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced that SME Bank will provide financing support to contractors and vendors who were awarded small Government projects under the Economic Stimulus Package 2020 and the PRIHATIN stimulus package.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin: To aid the tourism sector, an RM1 billion Penjana Tourism Financing (PTF) facility will be made available to finance transformation initiatives by SMEs in the tourism sector to enable them to remain viable and competitive in the new normal. Details of this fund will be announced by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in July 2020.

The financing facility will be made available in mid-June 2020 with a maximum loan size of RM500,000 per SME.

Under the wage subsidy programme, eligible employers may receive a subsidy of RM600 per employee. 

In a statement today, Bersatu secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the Supreme Council has recognised Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as acting chairman in accordance with Clause 16.9 of the party constitution, following the resignation of Mahathir as chairman on Feb 24.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: We have done the screening, but maybe one or two of them were probably still in the incubation period. So they tested negative. And then when we place them in the immigration detention depots, they become positive and start to infect other detainees. 

Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: Today is actually the 14th day from the day [they started] isolation or quarantine. So we have taken the swab [samples], all the post-Cabinet meeting members are negative. So tomorrow they will resume work in their office.