Search for survivors continue at China’s collapsed quarantine hotel

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): A Chinese provincial radio reported at least two apparent fatalities at a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine centre that collapsed yesterday evening in Quanzhou city, in the southeastern Fujian province, with about 80 people inside, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported today.

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China reports 406 new COVID-19 cases

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): China reported 406 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases, with the death toll at 52 in Hubei and 439 new suspected cases in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), today.

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IOI Properties 2QFY20 net profit down 7%

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 25): Lower contribution from the property development segment dragged down IOI Properties Group Bhd’s net profit by 7% in the second financial quarter ended Dec 31, 2019 (2QFY20).

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‘Not all Chinese companies are the same’

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 24): While some China construction firms are creating a bad reputation in the local construction industry with shoddy workmanship and tardy deliveries, MCC Overseas (M) Sdn Bhd (MCCOM), a Chinese state-owned entity, hopes Malaysians will not tar every China-based construction company with the same brush.

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