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KPKT hopes to look into the [leadership] capacity building among the middle-aged and young people, who are the ones who are going to take over and take care of the PPR homes in the future,” said Housing and Local Government Zuraida Kamaruddin

PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh: Only after 2015 did DBKL improve the process of land sale and disposal by empowering the Privatization Committee with preparation of checklists that have more detailed procedures for which it gained ISO certification [in 2017].

Country Heights Holdings Bhd founder Lee Kim Yew: The staff were tested positive last Saturday but they were only sent off on Sunday night. As of this afternoon, the building is still not sealed and the convenience store, which is located on the downstairs of the hotel, is still operating.

Six associations have issued a joint statement today to urge the authorities to provide clearer guidelines on the SOPs -- the associations are Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPK), Malaysia Retailers Association (MRA), Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA), Bumiputra Retailers Organisation (BRO), Batu Road Retailers Association (BARRA) and Masjid India Business Association (MIBA).

"I don't have an accurate number because this thing happened over time ... but I believe the number's north of half a billion dollars. It's a huge number," said Jho Low in a taped conversation with the Malaysian government led by former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that was central to the two-part Al Jazeera documentary titled Jho Low: Hunt for a Fugitive released today.

The 70,191 sq ft flagship store will occupy the entire Level 1 of The Starhill. The store will also feature a street-fronting F&B outlet on the ground level, as well as a sweeping café terrace on Level 1 overlooking The Starhill Piazza.

PKR MP Noor Amin Ahmad also suggested that all EPF contributors should be allowed to make pre-retirement withdrawals under the i-Sinar facility, “instead of having a bureaucracy filter out applicants and only allow those who have lost their jobs, are on unpaid leave or with a reduced income”.

Malaysian-Singapore Workers task force president Dayalan Sreebalan said he heard about some companies in Singapore not allowing their Malaysian workers to go back “for a long stretch”.

They involve sundry stores, grocery shops, convenience stores and Chinese medicine shops in the city

This may involve “opening up larger portions of land to private sector developers including government-linked companies”.