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16 APRIL 2020
Negara kita sedang menghadapi wabak yang menimbulkan ancaman di antara keluarga dan semakin meningkat setiap hari. Banyak syarikat dan Perusahaan Kecil dan Sederhana (PKS) ditutup dengan pekerja yang terpaksa mengambil potongan gaji atau tidak menerima gaji, sementara pekerja sendiri sukar untuk menyara keluarga mereka. Semua ini perlu dilakukan disebabkan Covid-19 dan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) yang semakin diperketatkan.
Kemudian, pihak Kerajaan memperkenalkan pakej rangsangan untuk membantu rakyat yang terksesan akibat PKP. Pihak bank turut membantu rakyat dengan program bantuan moratorium pembayaran pinjaman selama 6 bulan.
FOMCA telah menerima banyak pertanyaan yang berkaitan dengan masalah perbankan. Pengguna telah membuat aduan kepada FOMCA kerana pihak bank kelihatan seperti tidak memiliki saluran komunikasi yang tepat untuk pelanggan yang telah mengambil pinjaman dengan mereka.
Read more: Covid-19 Moratorium: Bank perlu berkomunikasi dengan pelanggan mereka – FOMCA
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Thursday, 16 Apr 2020 05:30 PM MYT
APRIL 16 — Our nation is facing a pandemic which is creating animosity among families and is mounting daily. Companies and SMEs are closing down with workers taking pay cuts or receiving no pay, while the self-employed are finding it hard to sustain their families. All these are due do the Covid-19 and the movement control order (MCO) which has been extended further.
The government came up with stimulus package to assist those badly hit by the MCO. Banks also came up with their assistance programme to consumers by declaring a moratorium of 6 months payments on loans to enquire or clarify their issues.
Fomca has been receiving a lot of enquiries related to banking issues. Consumers are calling Fomca as the banks do not appear to have proper communication channel for the customers who have taken up loans with banks.
Read more: Covid-19 moratorium: Banks need to communicate with their customers — Fomca
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30 APRIL 2020 | 3.00 PM MYT
The Covid-19 pandemic has put tremendous financial pressures not only on the low-income group but also middle-income families.
Loss of jobs, reduced income and fear of an uncertain future are some of the immediate and long term concerns of households. The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research has estimated a loss of more than 2.4 million jobs as a consequence of this pandemic.
Clearly the financial support by the government to assist consumers to survive these difficult times is extremely limited.
Read more: Reduce RPGT to help families that need to sell house - FOMCA
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27 APRIL 2020 l
AirAsia Group has implemented new travel policies for its passengers in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, including requiring guests to bring and wear their own face masks before, during and after their flight, as well as during check-ins and bag collection.
Passengers without a face mask will not be allowed to board the flight, said chief safety officer Captain Ling Liong Tien in a statement on AirAsia’s website today.
Additionally, AirAsia has also revised its cabin baggage policy to facilitate social distancing, especially during embarkation and disembarkation, allowing only one piece of cabin baggage not exceeding 5kg per guest.
Ling said this will help to minimise unwanted contact between the guest and another guest’s baggage and vice-versa.
Read more: AirAsia implements new travel policies amid virus pandemic
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23 Apr 2020, 11:14 am
“Water saves life” is now better known as “save water for a better life”.
Water is important for food and rural development, national food security, economic development and the environment to preserve water resources (both surface water, groundwater and natural flow regimes), bio-diversity and cultural heritage, along with mitigation of water-related hazards.
As the world confronts the Covid-19 pandemic, experts stress the importance of constantly and thoroughly washing hands with soap and water and using alcohol-based hand sanitisers to reduces the risk of getting or spreading the coronavirus.
What if we do not have access to clean water for any prolonged time during this or any future pandemic?
Read more: Once it was 'water saves lives', now it is 'safe water for a better life'
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APRIL 24, 2020
The movement control order (MCO) has been extended. There also appears no indication that the government would be extending further financial support to low and middle income families.
During this current MCO as well as with the extension of the order, more workers will be losing jobs, those working will have their incomes reduced; and all workers and those seeking employment will be very worried of their future as jobs disappear and the economic outlook seems to be increasingly bleak.
Yet households have to continue to meet their financial obligations. One of their current major obligations is their communication and utility bills. For certain as families spend an increasing amount of time at home, their utility and communication bills are expected to increase substantially.
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April 22, 2020
HARI BUMI tahun ini memberi peluang untuk kita semua merenungkan hubungan kita sebagai insan dengan alam keseluruhannya.
Mesej penting yang cuba disampaikan oleh alam semula jadi, lebih-lebih lagi seiringan dengan krisis penularan wabak sekarang ini, sepatutnya menginsafkan umat manusia akan segala kerosakan yang telah dan sedang dilakukan.
Sambutan Hari Bumi tahun ini menjanjikan perubahan persekitaran dengan memfokuskan makna hubungan antara alam, iklim dan pembangunan lestari, selain melihat kembali tumpuan isu sebelum ini tentang penyelesaian berasaskan alam seperti perhutanan dan perlindungan bakau.
Penangguhan COP26, ataupun Persidangan Perubahan Iklim Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu 2020 jelas merupakan tindakan rasional tatkala dunia sedang berhadapan dengan pandemik COVID-19.
Tidak dinafikan, kita berada di ambang kepupusan di mana kerosakan alam sekitar sukar dipulihkan. Kita harus menjangkakan cabaran biodiversiti dan krisis iklim akan tetap ada walaupun penularan COVID-19 mulai reda, namun cita-cita COP15 dan COP26 mesti diteruskan dan dibawa ke tahun 2021.
Read more: Hari Bumi 2020 perlu sedarkan kita semua, lebih menghargai alam semula jadi
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April 22, 2020 20:49 MYT
There is adequate supply of food products and other basic necessities to meet the demands throughout the country, including during the Ramadan period, said Senior Minister (Secuirity Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Ismail Sabri, who is also Defence Minister, hoped that the people would plan their Ramadan shopping to avoid over-crowding at any premises and also to abide by the social distancing regulations.
"The people are advised not to worry about the supply of food and daily necessities for Ramadan as there is enough,” he said at a daily news conference on the Movement Control Order (MCO) here today.
Ismail Sabri said the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry had conducted daily checks on the supply of 25 types of goods at 1,133 business premises comprising 833 retailers, 268 wholesalers and 32 factories.
This was to ensure that there were enough supplies and the people would not have to worry or rush to buy food during the MCO period, he added.
Ismail Sabri assured the people that the regular monitoring done by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry and the Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry showed that there was enough supply of wet goods and other basic necessities to meet the people’s demands.
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Tuesday, 21 Apr 2020 02:14 PM MYT
APRIL 21 — Clearly the Covid-19 movement control order (MCO) has affected everyone; with particularly severe impact on the poor and low income.
Loss of jobs and thus incomes, reduced incomes made worse by future uncertainties have had a severe negative impact on consumer financial and overall well-being.
To make matters worse, some retailers are manipulating prices and making excessive profits by increasing prices, making the life of the poor even more difficult.
Still consumers need money to feed their families, meet their obligations and meet other essential responsibilities.
Clearly the financial support by government to assist consumers to survive these difficult times is extremely limited. Firstly, many self-employed and daily wage workers are excluded.
Secondly, the one-off aid received is clearly insufficient to meet personal and household basic needs and consumers have to find their own means to raise cash to meet their basic obligations.
Read more: Covid-19: Govt should allow pawnbrokers to resume operations — Marimuthu Nadason
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