KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today said that small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) will be given permission to operate soon during the movement control order (MCO). He said that the relaxation for SMEs will be accompanied by suitable standard operating procedures (SOP). “Yes, big companies are allowed to […]
Read MoreINCOME inequality between states and changing energy trends are some challenges that Malaysia needs to address if it is to maintain its growth trajectory, argues a recent Moody’s Analytics report. The report, Malaysia’s Shifting Regional Diversity, looks the major industries in various Malaysian states, grouped by region. Electronics, for instance, is concentrated along the west coast […]
Read MoreParkson, a Malaysian retail giant which has stories in many Asian counties, failed to contest a case initiated against them in Cambodia for a failed department store venture. Parkson Holding’s Bhd (listed in the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange) Cambodia unit, Parkson (Cambodia) Co Ltd (PCCO) was ordered to pay $144.5 million to a company owned […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — The Malaysia Singapore Coffee Shop Proprietors’ General Association (MSCSPGA) urged Putrajaya today to clarify whether eateries, including coffeeshop operators, are also allowed to operate with full capacity with no time restrictions during the fourth phase of the movement control order (MCO) Datuk Hu Su Mong, the president of the association […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, April 28 ― The government has allowed companies under the economic sectors which have been permitted to operate during the movement control order (MCO) to resume full operations starting tomorrow. International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said however, the companies must adhere to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — A Singaporean think tank has predicted that Malaysia’s Covid-19 outbreak will be fully contained by July this year. The Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) Lab of Singapore University of Technology and Design predicted that the pandemic will be 97 per cent contained in Malaysia by May 7. It further predicted the figure […]
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