Thanking our frontliners: FT buildings and roads to be lit up in blue
PETALING JAYA (April 30): Government buildings, commercial buildings and some roads in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan will be lit up in blue from 10.
Demand for warehouses up but industrial overhang continues to rise
PETALING JAYA (April 30): The expansion of e-commerce may have spurred demand for warehouses/logistics-related properties but the overhang of industrial property sub-segment has seen overhang units rising since 2015.
Primary market sales improved amid fewer new launches
PETALING JAYA (April 30): The cautious approach by developers to hold back new residential launches to focus on clearing unsold stock has resulted in improved sales at 40.
Russian baby born in abandoned house after parents stranded in KL
KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Russian couple Yevgeny and Natalia Pervin never expected that their dream of touring South East Asia would lead to them being stranded in Kuala Lumpur and their second child Ivan being born in an abandoned property in the heart of town, Malaysiakini reported today.
Pregnant woman walks across Johor causeway with toddler
KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): A Malaysian mother who is expecting her second child walked across the Johor-Singapore Causeway with her luggage and two-year-old son to return home, according to a Malaysiakini report.
Hotels still not allowed to operate at full capacity, association says
KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): Hotels will continue to be disallowed from operating at full capacity under the fourth phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO) starting tomorrow.
Businesses allowed to operate during MCO can go full capacity tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): All economic sectors that have been allowed to operate during the movement control order (MCO) period can ramp up their operations to full capacity starting tomorrow, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
Covid-19 virus lingers in air of crowded spaces, says latest study
KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): The coronavirus causing the Covid-19 disease “appears to linger in the air in crowded spaces or rooms that lack ventilation”, Bloomberg reported on a new study.
MEF: Fresh graduates will have tough time finding jobs
PETALING JAYA (April 28): As the current workforce struggles to secure their jobs, fresh graduates will find it tough getting employed, said Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan.
