"The economy must be healed, the people's well-being must be enhanced and investor confidence must return," said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob 

The improved earnings were attributed to the RM197.4 million provision made for the impairment of contract assets, trades and other receivables it incurred a year ago as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Scientex said it plans to launch a mixed development project on the land, with its gross development value yet to be determined.

The group’s profit after tax (PAT) has increased to RM19.4 million in 2QFY21, compared to the RM2.9 million a year ago.

The land will be given to a private company, Gabungan Indah Sdn Bhd, for a mixed-commercial development.

The group has recorded approximately RM1.06 billion of new property sales to-date, on track to meet their RM1.6 billion sale target this year.

WeFood is a charity project launched in 2016 where local producers and supermarket retailers donate their food surplus way past the expiry date to the organisation. 

This brought the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country to date to 1,725,357. 

Kenanga Research said while Genting Bhd’s first half ended June 30, 2021 (1HFY21) core loss of RM111 million missed expectations, strong UK and US numbers in the second quarter (2QFY21) due to reopening and relaxing operating restrictions led the research house to believe that a swift recovery is in store for Resort World Group and Resort World Singapore once business and borders reopen. 

Cumulatively, 34.03 million Covid-19 vaccine doses had been administered as of yesterday.