Bank Negara Malaysia governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus: While it [a blanket moratorium] puts money in people's pocket in the short term, it creates a lot of economic distortions and has a negative impact on the economy.

Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus: As domestic economic activities resume and external demand picks up, broad income conditions should also improve gradually and support spending

Bank Negara Malaysia governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Yunus: We recognise that the recent implementation of containment measures due to the resurgence of Covid-19 cases could somewhat affect our growth momentum in the final quarter of the year

"An expansionary fiscal policy has been necessary to support economic recovery the world over. What is key is the government's commitment to gradually embarking on a fiscal consolidation path in the medium term.”

The research house’s analyst Jessica Low Jze Teing said in a note today that while she had anticipated property sales to recover in the second half of 2020 (2H2020) due to incentives in Short Term Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) and record low interest rate, she believed the worsening Covid-19 situation in Malaysia would derail the property sales recovery as the economic outlook turns uncertain.

The land has been approved for the development of an apartment project known as The Suite Starz @ Sungai Besi. 

Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob: When the Selangor Mansion area was placed under the EMCO, many foreign workers left the place and we managed to track them down one by one. We also issued arrest order against them and this time it will be easier as there are employers aiding them by using buses to take their workers out (of the Medan 88 EMCO area).

In a bourse filing, the REIT said it had entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Deriv Services Sdn Bhd to dispose of the building, which is not tenanted at present, and that the expected net gain from the proposed disposal is RM3.73 million. 

As the tally of recoveries climbed further to 32,069, active cases in the country dropped to 11,419 from 11,497 reported yesterday.

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