News by Adam Aziz

“We expect a surge in April ... We prepare for the worst. It is better to be over-prepared than under-prepared, as under-prepared means not prepared.”

A new death was reported today. The country's death toll is currently at 27.

“I want to clarify here that news about curfew, emergency ordinance, and others are fake news.”

For a married couple operating a hawker stall, with household earnings below RM4,000 per month, they will receive a one-off payment of RM1,600 by May, on top of the RM600 Cost of Living Aid that is due in July.

Let's say you're part of a married couple working in the private sector, with a household income of between RM4,000 and RM8,000 per month.

The first is the introduction of a programme that will allow employers to postpone, restructure, or reschedule their mandatory Employees Provident Fund contribution for employees. The EPF will introduce this programme on April 15.

The payout will be made in stages. 

This measure will take up RM5.9 billion from the government’s RM250 billion economic stimulus package to address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak that he announced today.

The latest measures by CapitaLand and CMMT aims to provide immediate cost and cashflow relief to the affected tenants, it said in a statement.

“The banking system is facing these challenges from a position of strength, with excess capital buffers above the minimum regulatory requirement of RM119.7 billion as at end January 2020,” said BNM.