News by Syahirah Syed Jaafar

Robinson Co (Malaya) Sdn Bhd will be closing both its Malaysian outlets located in Kuala Lumpur. In Singapore, Robinson & Co (Singapore) will be closing its remaining outlets at The Heeren and Raffles City shopping centre

"The board has requested until Jan 2, 2021 to respond with a decision to UEM Group to coincide with the date requested by UEM Sunrise," EcoWorld said in a bourse filing today.

In a statement today, LTAT said the extension of time of up to Feb 2, 2021 was granted by the SC via a letter yesterday.

The decision to temporarily close the EPF's Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Labuan branches follows the CMCO and recent directive for employees to work from home in the state of Selangor and Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan, the EPF said in a statement today.

MITI today outlined the guidelines for companies operating in areas placed under the CMCO, such as Sabah, Labuan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya. It follows the National Security Council’s (NSC) announcement yesterday instructing managerial and supervisory-level employees to work from home from tomorrow.  

Proton has requested all non-essential personnel who work within the Shah Alam facility to work from home as a precautionary measure. 

Proton said the employee is from the research and development department at its headquarters in Shah Alam and was not customer-facing. 

The scenario formed part of the findings of the latest stress test conducted by BNM, an integral component of the central bank’s financial stability framework used to assess and manage risks to financial stability.

Of the new cases today, 553 were local transmissions while eight were imported. 

There were three new Covid-19 related deaths in Sabah, raising the country’s death toll to 155 or 1.03% of total cases, said health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.