Malaysia's 2021 unemployment rate seen improving to 3.5%
“[Malaysia’s] labour market [is] showing signs of recovery,” the MoF said.
Household debt rises by 4% to RM1.27 trillion, making up 87.5% of GDP
The increase was mainly due to a sharp contraction in GDP during the first half of the year, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said in its Economic Outlook 2021 report.
Hotels riding on WFH concept
Malaysian Association of Hotels CEO Yap Lip Seng: Hotels are coming up with creative products and services to sustain operations and such work-from-hotel packages are one of those where hotels are making use of their available resources to generate additional revenues.
Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases stay above 1,000-level for third straight day, six deaths reported
839 patients were discharged, which means the total number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country is 25,654.
Tafi Industries to venture into property development via JV with Cameron Highlands land owner
The freehold parcel measures 33 acres (13.35ha).
NFCorp trial postponed again due to CMCO
“The parties have given their suitable dates and we are waiting for the court to decide.”
Dewan Rakyat Speaker says media have to make sacrifices in parliamentary coverage amid pandemic
“Prior to Covid-19, there were 137 members of the media who attended parliamentary sittings. The Parliament administration needed to cut that to 60 members of the media, so they handpicked which media would get to attend.”
Property buys delayed due to Covid-19, says CGS-CIMB
The respondents did not believe that now is a good time to acquire a residential property, and viewed current property prices as unaffordable.
Only 80 MPs allowed into Dewan Rakyat for sitting, including tabling of Budget 2021 tomorrow
Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun said 41 lawmakers from the government and 39 opposition and independent lawmakers are allowed to attend the sitting in the hall at any one time
Logistics and data centres drive up regional industrial market — JLL
JLL Property Services (M) Sdn Bhd country head YY Lau: However, more efforts can be done to stimulate the real estate market, including in the upcoming Budget 2021. This can be in the forms of setting up a task force or think tanks to tackle specific industry challenges, such as high vacancy rates and the supply-and-demand mismatch, assistance for the employment sector, as well as relevant tax relief.
