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MTUC secretary-general J Solomon: The official statistics clearly show that many workers have been rendered unemployed due to the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The opening up of the economy is an ongoing albeit slow process and it will take time for workers to get back on their feet and service their loans.

“We will not swab (take a swab of) everyone; we will only swab those who have symptoms.”

This is the fifth straight day Malaysia has experienced a single-digit number of new infections since June 29.

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

YHA filed its suit on Nov 2 last year, claiming that the trade and industry minister and his family members owe the travel agency some RM329,000 in alleged unpaid bills incurred for several trips,

Of the three new cases today, two were local transmissions involving foreigners while one was a Malaysian who was infected while overseas, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

“Although Singapore has dropped very slightly in the global rankings while three Japanese cities (Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya) have edged above it, Singapore remains an expensive location for overseas workers to be based in.”

“Khazanah has shown resilience and tenacity in these trying times to achieve significant progress in delivering on its mandate to grow Malaysia’s long-term wealth.

“It is these characteristics that will also enable us as a country to overcome the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.”

During the case management today, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) gave its assurance that CIMB Bank should be able to release Umno's funds without fearing any legal repercussions from the commission.