Category: CORONA-COVID-19
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Press Release: SUNWAY GROUP COMMITS RM34 MILLION TO COMBAT COVID-19
SUNWAY GROUP COMMITS RM34 MILLION TO COMBAT COVID-19 RM 1 million donation to national COVID-19 fund and RM 300,000 contribution to Yayasan Kebajikan Negara to aid B40 beneficiaries nationwide Sunway Healthcare to take in non-COVID-19 cases from MOH and UMMC hospitals; up to RM12 million to cover the cost of subsidising treatment for public patients;…
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When the mind is not ready for property.
What was I worried about just 14 days ago? I could not remember, maybe it was the fact that my weight was increasing again and I was still eating heavy dinners. What do I worry now? My increasing weight is now secondary. The main thing on my mind is the number of new COVID-19 infections.…
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Potentially another CUT in May 2020. Happy? (COVID-19 is one reason)
Let’s just say that I am not always a happy man every time the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) is cut. I know, the monthly mortgage gets lowered but lowering of rates also meant that the economy is not at where it should be. Thus, monetary policy tweaking is needed to sustain the growth or to…
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Oh dear. Lower GDP growth forecast for 2020. Positive number though.
Someone asked me some time back, how come news which many perceive as negative, my article may still have a positive spin to it. I think it’s really a perspective basis yeah. I know, bad news will ensure more clicks and I know that’s why many will post bad news on their FB post for…
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Currency movements. Effects from COVID-19.
In my trip to Melbourne and Sydney just 18 months back, the currency exchange was not on my side. It was very close to RM3 to AUD1. Everything I wanted to buy, I needed to think thrice (3 times). Well, nearly everything except on our 5th day in Melbourne and everyone could no longer stand…
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This is a race where the winner gets to start saving the world.
An overview on all the hardwork and progress from researcher teams all around the world for a COVID-19 vaccine. This is not a race among the countries. It is a race for the world to contain COVID-19. USA: Article in cnbc.com The first human trial testing a potential vaccine to prevent COVID-19 began Monday, U.S.…
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7th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Malaysia) delays presentation ceremony and gala dinner
Press Release: 7th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Malaysia) delays presentation ceremony and gala dinner MALAYSIA’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS REAL ESTATE EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE IN JULY 2020 IN LIGHT OF THE NEW CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC Exclusive black-tie gala dinner and awards ceremony is now set for Friday, 24 July 2020, still at the Majestic Hotel in…
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COVID-19: Only essential premises whether government or private will remain open from 18th to 31st March 2020.
Seriously, there is no need to panic buy. By 20th March, anyone who had panicked buy would have already have their kitchen cabinets full of food. Please just buy what we need and please remember that Malaysia is an exporter of canned food, chicken meat, eggs and well, many more things which we could eat…
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Covid-19? Potentially the cause of the next world recession.
First of all, I must add this yeah. NO ONE can predict with any great accuracy about when a recession will happen. Not even economists and when they get it wrong, they will predict again and again and again. So, when we read what happens from the effects of COVID-19, it’s super important to look…