Rehda Institute chairman and president of the Malaysian REIT Managers Association Datuk Jeffrey Ng: Leave the headache to professional REIT managers as they know what they are doing.

At the EdgeProp.my Facebook Live Fireside Chat on April 17 titled “Will the Malaysian Property Sector Survive this Mother of All Crises?”, three industry veterans provided some clarity on what property buyers and investors should expect as they discussed the current pains plaguing the industry.

As a parent, your challenge would not be about overcoming the temptation to nap but getting your kids to nap so that you can get your work done!

It is certainly not within the contemplation of most Malaysians to have their lives come to a grinding halt hence it would be utterly unjust to hold them liable for their failure to fulfill their contractual obligations, under the circumstances.

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At the EdgeProp.my Facebook LIVE Fireside Chat titled ‘Undervalued Properties: Opportunities or Risk?’which took place last Friday April 10, several EdgeProp.my’s Pro Agents gave their views on the current market environment and some advice for property buyers.

Governments do have a moral dilemma — lives or livelihoods? But it does not have to be that way if we take a dual-track approach that strikes a balance between health and economics.

But as the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 casts a long shadow over how we live, work and play, hundreds of corporations big and small, in government agencies as well as private sector, have suspended biometric attendance in recent weeks.

On April 10, 2020, the Companies Commission of Malaysia firstly increased of the prescribed amount for the statutory demand to RM50,000. This debt threshold is not particularly high, especially for larger businesses. I do not expect this increased amount to make a significant difference for companies in debt.

Secondly, there was an amendment of the 21-day period in the CA 2016. The minister has substituted this for a six-month period. So, a debtor company now has a six-month window before there is an actual filing of the winding-up petition.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) projected that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to be between -2% and 0.5% this year amid expectation that economic activities will pick up in the second half of the year.