Malaysia will ride out COVID-19 storm better than others, says World Bank
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): The World Bank is confident of Malaysia's fiscal resilience to withstand the onslaught of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): The World Bank is confident of Malaysia's fiscal resilience to withstand the onslaught of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): The Government’s stimulus packages and the short-term economic recovery plan have softened the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and paved the path towards economic recovery, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy), Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): The Ministry of Health has stopped using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients, saying that the medication has proven to be ineffective.
PETALING JAYA (June 22): Hotel operators are seeing a slight recovery in the industry following the reopening of domestic tourism and after drastic cost-cutting measures by hotel operators, said Malaysian Association of Hotels CEO Yap Lip Seng.
KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Genting Malaysia Bhd is targeting to open its outdoor theme park — which will be named "Genting SkyWorlds" — in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21).
KUALA LUMPUR (June 20): The number of active Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has dropped further to 289 as of noon today, the health ministry said.
PETALING JAYA (June 20): In February, a house buyer, who only wants to be known as Ong, inked an agreement with a reputable listed property developer to purchase a landed residence in Shah Alam, Selangor.
PUTRAJAYA (June 19): Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were six new Covid-19-positive cases as of 12pm today, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 8,535.
KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): Trading interest in shares in Genting Malaysia Bhd (GenM) spiked after it announced that its Resorts World Genting (RWG) will resume operations tomorrow, and analysts are positive on this.
KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): The High Court here has today rejected Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's (pictured) ad interim injunction application to remain as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia chairman.