Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar raised the issue during an audience with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob this morning

A head of research at a local investment bank said that any impact “will be short term in nature and only affect the appetite of the Mainland Chinese for properties, and not the health of the financial system itself”.

The government’s newly-launched “Rumah Ikram Keluarga Malaysia” aims to provide assistance to those who are struggling with rent and housing-related issues following the Covid-19 pandemic, with recipients being exempted from rent for six months and the waiver starting from the date they received the keys to their units.

Of the new deaths, 49 were brought in dead (BID) cases, raising the country’s cumulative BID tally to 4,887.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin: We do not want a situation where adults and adolescents are protected in a pandemic, but children are not.

“Insyallah, be patient. Just wait for a few more weeks and I believe 90% [vaccination] can be achieved for interstate travel to be allowed.”

In June, the Ministry of Health (MoH) had shortened the interval between the first and second doses for AstraZeneca vaccine to nine weeks from 12 weeks initially.

State Tourism, Environment, Green Technology and Orang Asli Affairs Standing Committee chairman Hee Loy Sian: It was degazetted for the purpose of ownership by the State government in 2006 through PW1443. Therefore, the Selangor State Forestry Department currently no longer has jurisdiction in terms of management and development in the area, because the land is not of HSK status

Sarawak reported the highest number of new infections today at 2,825, followed by Selangor (2,244) and Johor (1,807).

When launching the Malaysian Family Housing Initiative known as “Rumah Ikram Keluarga Malaysia”, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob also announced that the number of units under the project had been doubled to 2,000 from the initial 1,000, enabling it to benefit some 10,000 needy occupants. Rumah Ikram Keluarga Malaysia will provide shelter to groups who have lost their sources of income or whose incomes have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to the extent of being unable to pay high rentals for houses.