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All economic and industrial activities in Penang’s Mukim 12 are allowed to continue as long as full compliance with regulations under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) is ensured, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said today. The area has been placed under travel restrictions from tomorrow until November 19 to prevent further COVID-19 infections and is the hub for Penang’s factories.

Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today announced that Mukim 12 under the Barat Daya district of Penang will come under a conditional movement control order (CMCO) from November 6 until 19. Ismail said the decision to impose a CMCO in the aforementioned area, which covers the area of Bayan Lepas, comes after 35 Covid-19 positive cases, including 11 new cases, were recorded since November 3.

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Investing in US technology stocks has become a defensive play this year, according to Franklin Templeton Asset Management (M) Sdn Bhd CEO and country head Avinash Satwalekar. He said investors tend to perceive US technology stocks as cyclical stocks that are volatile in earnings and share price performance.

According to JLL, logistics and data centre markets have accelerated in the Asia-Pacific region and primarily drove up industrial market transactions by 76% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20). In contrast, office transactions went down 35%, while retail and hotel transactions fell 51% and 87% y-o-y respectively during the quarter. JLL Property Services (M) Sdn Bhd country head YY Lau said that Malaysia is also seeing healthy interest in the logistics and data centre market.

The Sunway Medical Centre here has contributed more than RM300,000 worth of medical supplies to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and other hospitals in Sabah to support the efforts of medical frontliners in managing the recent rise in COVID-19 cases. It has channeled two ventilators worth RM110,000, 22 cartons of hand sanitisers, 20,000 pieces of KN95 masks and 1,000 boxes of surgical masks to hospitals in Sabah battling COVID-19.

With a sharper corporate focus on achieving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impact, the appetite for investments that address some of the world’s most pressing challenges has grown steadily in recent years. In seeking to address these challenges, business has an historic opportunity. It cannot abdicate its responsibility in working for a more just and progressive society for one fundamental reason: such an environment is a prerequisite for a sustainable, resilient and market-oriented private sector.