News by Syahirah Syed Jaafar

Of the five new cases today, three were imported involving two Malaysians and one foreigner, who is a permanent resident, Health director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement today.

Of the new cases, seven were imported, all of which involve Malaysians. The remaining three were local transmissions involving two Malaysians and one foreigner.

The selling price of RM25.5 million price is a discount to the market value price of RM28.5 million.

The partners had initially agreed to jointly undertake the development of The City of Dreams 2 on a plot of land in Penang.

Moving forward, the group said it believes that there will still be demand for properties in prime locations with attractive pricing.

This will be the second retrenchment exercise for the media group after the retrenchment of 543 staff at Media Prima’s publication group New Straits Times Press (NSTP) last March.

This was despite revenue rising 2% to RM741.41 million, from RM727.22 million previously.

The property developer said the mandatory closure of all its sales galleries and construction sites throughout the MCO period affected earnings, with revenue falling 36.4% to RM345.4 million from RM543.18 million a year ago.

The improved performance in the logistics and warehousing services segment supported the group’s annual earnings. It returned to the black with a net profit of RM719,000 for FY20 as compared with a net loss of RM1.4 million previously.

In a joint statement today, DAP and Amanah thanked PKR for naming PKR president Anwar as its choice for the Prime Minister’s post, but questioned the party’s decision to not consider Dr Mahathir as the second option.