IN spite of an unprecedented challenging year, the property sector continues to remain steady as developers continue to hold their own by switching their strategy up to remain competitive.On a one-year basis, the KL Property Index – which is made up of listed shares of property companies – has risen more than 10%, thus reflecting the resilience of the local property industry.At the 2021 Malaysian Housing and Property Summit last week, Country Heights Holdings Bhd founder and executive chairman T

GEORGE TOWN: For the second straight year, Sarawakians living in Penang say they will mark Malaysia Day at home and hope that the pandemic will be over soon. Lau Hon Wee said that as the nation is set to celebrate the 58th Malaysia Day on Thursday, he has only one wish – that is for the country to emerge from the pandemic soon. The 26-year-old recruitment consultant said he hopes every Malaysian will be responsible and play their part to help the nation win the battle against Covid-19.“ For me,

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 daily case figures remained below the 10, 000 mark for the sixth consecutive day, with infections recording a slight increase in the Klang Valley.In his daily Covid-19 statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country recorded 9, 751 new cases, of which nearly 98% were mild or asymptomatic infections.“ Of the 9, 751 cases, 9, 545 or 97.9% of them are Categories One and Two patients.“ Another 206 cases( 2.1%) are Categories Three, F

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians should continue following Covid-19 standard operating procedure( SOP) with the emergence of the Omicron variant, says virologist Dr Kumitaa Theva Das. Although medical professionals are not able to, for now, estimate whether this new variant is transmissible, more data is expected to be available within the next few weeks.“ We should keep practising our SOP – maintaining physical distancing, wearing masks, avoiding large groups and being continuously vigilant to protect

PETALING JAYA: While some advanced economies are experiencing multi-year-high inflation amid supply chain disruptions and high fuel prices, Malaysia’s inflation should remain within range, supported by price control mechanisms and a balanced supply-demand dynamics. Nonetheless, economists expect the consumer price index( CPI) to trend higher in the first few months of the year to reflect higher food and fuel prices before easing lower. Malaysia’s inflation, as measured by the CPI, had increased

WhatsApp Facebook Twitter Email Messenger KUWAIT CITY, Sept 29: The Health Ministry affirmed the need to continue following health restrictions and measures in different activities and facilities, especially closed places including mosques, to fight the spread of the coronavirus.... Kuwait fatwa authority announced earlier today that it will continue to follow the ministry of health’s restrictions by maintain social distancing in mosques.... It added it agreed, during an urgent meeting late Tu

KUALA LUMPUR: The benchmark FBM KLCI continues to hold on to its gains at around 1, 600 points despite less-than-encouraging global sentiment due to talks of potential interest rate hikes and the possibility of a Russian-Ukraine war. Analysts said Bursa Malaysia appeared to be resilient despite all these negatives which have likely already been priced into stock prices. The FBM KLCI closed at 1, 603.20 points yesterday with a gain of 3.59 points from the previous day’s close. Total shares that c

WHILE retail real estate investment trust( REIT) players are confident of their prospects for the year ahead, they are wary of the market’s persisting challenges. According to Retail Group Malaysia( RGM) in its latest retail industry report, the biggest challenge facing the local retail industry this year remains the rising cost of living issue....

PETALING JAYA: While some Malaysians are being evacuated from Ukraine, a few of them are staying

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22( Bernama)--Budget 2022, which will be tabled on Oct 29, is expected to stay