KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – Industry trade events organiser, Informa Markets has urged the Malaysian government to consider re-opening the borders for business travellers from countries which have managed to contain the COVID-19 spread. Its ASEAN Business group managing director M Gandhi said the implementation of “travel bubble” for international business travellers will help to stimulate the Malaysian economy. He […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Malaysia’s unemployment rate could hit six per cent or even higher this year, worse than during the 1997 Asian financial crisis and 2008 Great Recession when unemployment rose to 3.2 per cent and 3.7 per cent respectively, said AmBank Group Research. The recent labour market data according to the research house suggested the health of the […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – After a dramatic slowdown in the first quarter due to the coronavirus lockdown imposed by countries across the globe, the palm oil bulls are on the move again and ready to charge the market in the second quarter onwards. As businesses throughout the world are allowed to resume operations again, this would only mean more demand for […]
Read MoreTAMPIN, June 14 — Current developments related to the Covid-19 pandemic do not affect the country’s economic recovery during the recovery movement control order (RMCO) period, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. He said the spread of Covid-19 has however affected the psychological wellbeing of the public, a factor […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — During the movement control order (MCO), many businesses were affected when the country came to a halt almost overnight. In the most extreme of cases, businesses closed and people lost their job. Then there are those who had to take pay cuts. Of the latter, a Think City survey found […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) today clarified allegations of a rise in a consumer’s electricity bill by as much as 600 per cent a month during the movement control order (MCO) period was inaccurate. TNB chief corporate officer Datuk Wira Roslan Ab Rahman said in a statement today that a TNB […]
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