I don't like Trump but he is right about China. Biden will be even tougher. No one likes the CCP around the world for what they have done. They must PAY!

Here we go again, it is only a matter of time before it mutate into a more virulent form like covid19. Industrial scale farming has the most potential for virus to mutate and spreads.

Boy, July trailer is out already.....

Come on la China, You can't fight trade war against U.S,use dirty tactics a.k.a pandemic to cover yourself by making Global lockdown, scaremonger in Economic Market! Shame

woi QueenElizebeth IV your dead wrong, swine flu is actually Mexico product, not from U.S!

已经禁卖空至年底了

Thank you, good answer!

3）政府征收Windfall Tax❓

其实这个消息一直都有在网络流传，而且一直都没被证实。况且，现在手套公司正日夜赶工地为全球生产手套抗疫，可以算是对医疗的一种贡献。假设政府在这时候对它们征收税务，会不会被众人谴责呢？况且即使真的征收，相信手套公司也会把其成本转嫁给消费者。

那么手套公司还有上涨空间❓还值得投资吗❓
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很多手套公司如 Harta,Topglove,Supermax,Kossan,Comfort,Careplus 等在出了业绩后都出现了回调的现象。在这时候，越来越多“负面消息”不断流传出来。但如果仔细思考以上的“负面消息”，它们会影响公司的基本面吗？市场上的人都知道由于手套销售价的增长，手套公司接下来几个季度的业绩都会有爆炸性的成长。如果没有发生突发事件如火烧工厂，手套被其它物品取代，公司未来的业绩如市场预期般地呈现出来，其实个人认为现在的股价并没有算特别地高估。与其询问手套公司可不可以投资，不如反问一下自己现在这样的行情还有什么公司和行业可以稳定做到成长呢？

当然小编不否认在未来手套的销售价格可能会恢复正常水平，但是手套的需求量其实并没有缓下来的理由。手套的需求量是以每年10%左右的速度增长，我们可以看到不止是马来西亚的手套公司正努力地做扩张增加产线，连其他国家如中国也在抓紧这个趋势。可想而知，这个行业的前景和市场需求量是多么地受到青睐。个人认为手套领域是个长期稳定成长的行业，不管是什么公司或行业，公司的股价终究会根据基本面回归应有的价值。至于如何投资就要看自己的资金分配，部署方式还有对行业的认知与了解。

2）疫苗的面世❓

最近小编也看到很多人说疫苗面世后手套公司的股价就会完蛋暴跌等的言论。其实，疫苗面世后，手套的需求量就真的会下降吗？在新常态下，很多行业如餐饮，航空，服务业都需要使用手套。在手套的需求只会日益增加的情况下，有的手套公司明年的订单也已经爆满了。那么如果疫苗面世股价就会暴跌的言论是公司的基本面受影响？还是炒作的主题被认为落空了呢？

1）担心其他竞争者的威胁❓

媒体最近报道，中国蓝帆医疗（Blue Sail Medical）和英科医疗（Intco Medical）计划未来3年扩充丁腈手套产能。根据投行研究，蓝帆医疗目标在2023年底提高产能至361亿只；去年底产能为43亿只。而英科医疗计划从目前50亿只增至592亿只。但是其实这两家公司生产的手套有70-80%是 PVC手套, Nitrile gloves 只占了 20-30%

那么面对中国和其他国家来势汹汹的竞争，马来西亚的手套生产商会受到威胁吗？说实话，威胁肯定是存在的。但是，这些竞争者要扩张增产也需要一定的时间和成本。况且医疗手套生产所需的技术是不简单的，并不容易复制。而且我们国家的手套公司一直以来都有来自世界各地固定的顾客，制造手套所需的成本，原料和价格都比较有优势。我们可以换位思考想想，手套公司的长期客户例如医院会随意在价钱和品质都有保证的情况下，去寻找新的卖家吗？而且竞争者会成长，马来西亚身为全球主要手套供应国的老牌公司也会进步，他们也会投入在R&D和Capex用来研发和提升运营效率，使用的科技和技术也不是二三流的。

谈谈手套行业 UPDATE

Buy now and hold.....waiting for powerful surge guys!

Just come out and declare that the area is returned to the rakyat.

Agree with fook you, i buy 1 whole big roasted chicken only $8 in Aus....Can eat for 2 meals, rice cook yourself of course!

Can we sue TNB over this issue??

Charge all the bills to the person & whoever infected by him/her.

People coming back from overseas no longer need to be quarantine in the hotel in KL before flying back to their hometown?Sorry I have not been following too closely..

LOVE IS IN THE AIR..... December left 1 week holidays. Not 2 weeks, as we need to go to school one week earlier to prepare for next year and staff meetings.

Have u thought about teachers who teach in other states especially Sabah Sarawak that are unable to go home for such a long time? School holidays are our hope to unite with our loved ones.

Yes, you r right LOVE IS IN THE AIR...... That's why I said there's limitation. The reason of having online classes is to maintain social distance. Still, it is not as effective as learning at school. I will be more than delighted to teach at school than having online class.

U r most welcomed to urge MOE to open for ur son schools asap. There's a lot of limitations and challenges to conduct online lessons. I would rather teach at school.

SweetiePie unfair? Who says life is ever fair? But still we are grateful to be alive, right?
Simply because we are ppl with a conscience.

FancyMe , online class is started in March. Of course they can finish teaching in time.

Guys , If you trust they can maintain social distance at school, you should strongly urge MOE to open to all pupils.
Do u know I have friend as teacher who are stranded at other state during MCO, are forced to buy a new laptop to conduct online lesson since her old laptop is not with her?
Online classes are not the most ideal way. In fact, online classes are more tiring than teaching at school.
Still, nobody should diminish the effort done by teachers and parents.
The people who think teachers are enjoying their sweet 2n half months "holidays" really disgust me.

Education Ministry releases amended 2020 school academic calendar

PETALING JAYA: The mid-semester and year-end school holidays have been shortened.

The Education Ministry said the mid-semester school holidays for Semester Two will now be from Aug 20 to 28 while the year-end school holidays will be from Dec 18 to 31, depending on the state.

This is a four-day reduction for the mid-semester break from nine days to five days.

The year-end holidays for schools in Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu have been reduced from 42 days to 14 days, while schools in Melaka, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah,


Sarawak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya will have a 13-day holiday, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday (June 23).

“The ministry amended the 2020 School Academic Calendar to assist schools in planning the students' teaching and learning process, ” it said.

The total number of physically being in school days is now 168 for all schools, it added.

Form Five and Form Six students spent at least 55 days learning from home throughout the movement control order (MCO), conditional MCO and recovery MCO period, it continued.

As for the other school students, the ministry said the total number of days spent learning from home will depend on when they will return to school.

The date has yet to be announced.

Go go go

Yooohooooo lets go minum

U interfere not others affair!
Keep your own house in order.
Even the British doesn't like your interference policy.

somebody safe them!

Get well soon Philippines !!!!! Pinoys!!!!

Last Friday, Myanmar reported 23 coronavirus cases among Myanmar migrant workers deported from Thailand, raising questions about the possibility of transmission in Thailand.

Both Thailand and Myanmar are investigating.

Medical tourists will also be allowed back for treatment in hospital, he said.

Short-term business travellers and tourists from China, Japan and South Korea might be allowed back without having to spend 14 days in quarantine, he said, adding that the guidelines were still being worked out.

The proposed easing of restrictions will be put to the government's coronavirus task force on Friday.


Thailand, which has banned international commercial flights up to the end of June, has recorded 3,151 cases and 58 deaths related to Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Thailand marks 28 days without local coronavirus transmission, aims to ease travel

BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thailand hopes to ease some coronavirus restrictions on foreigners entering the country after going 28 days without recording any domestic transmissions, a senior official said on Monday (June 22).

Those who will benefit from the easing of restrictions will include business executives, skilled workers and foreigners who live in Thailand.

"The first three groups will be able to return to Thailand and stay in 14-day state quarantine," said the spokesman for the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, Mr Taweesin Wisanuyothin.

Health and medicine should be the sole preserve of the public healthcare system, it should not be privatised.

For those who recover from the “novel Corona virus”, it can be considered a case of a very bad flu at the worst, and only those who don’t make it should be classified as Covid-19 related if that’s the case.

The public healthcare system would not collapse if hospital beds are reserved for severe cases. Others should be advised to stay at home, upon medical advice, and try to recover.

Gov’ts should step up education on self-discipline to ensure the virus has no place to go and dies out.

Gov’ts should take another look at the whole concept of “cause of death” and medical education.

The focus on curative medicine should be replaced by preventive medicine despite there being not much money on the latter. The public welfare demands it.

It has been known for quite some time that “medical errors” cause 60 per cent of deaths.

There should be greater scrutiny on those in the medical profession to weed out those who should not be in practice.

Private hospitals and medical tourism should be banned.

Gilacunt second in charge moot rm500 unemployment benefit for B.40

Oh Tong Keong has urged the federal government to pay RM500 to unemployed individuals in the B40 category from now until December.
In a statement today, Oh said although the government had allowed individuals to withdraw RM500 a month from their Employees Provident Fund "account 2", it was not enough.
"If the 'account 2' was emptied out, then the future of (unemployed people) would be affected. They will need money for their children's education and medical bills (in the future)," he said.
The i-Lestari Account 2 Withdrawal Scheme allows depositors to withdraw RM500 a month for a period of 12 months.
This was part of the wider Prihatin stimulus package, which also includes one-time cash handouts ranging from RM500 to RM1,600 for individuals or households with an income of RM4,000 and below.
Oh (above) said many people are now unemployed because of the Covid-19 outbreak, and those in the hospitality, hotel, catering, transport, education and retail industry are hit especially hard.
"Many economists had warned the government to be wary of the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak, but the government did not put in place the right strategy and things are getting worse now.
"Although the Perikatan Nasional government has handled the Covid-19 outbreak well, it is still slow in helping the people. We hope this problem can be resolved soon," he said.
According to the Department of Statistics, unemployment numbers had hit a record high of 778,800 or five percent of the total workforce.
In terms of raw percentages, the unemployment rate has never been this high since 1990

M'sia set to cut rates further in line with global trends

Interest rates play an important role in the financial system. Being a key figure in determining the attractiveness of assets around the globe, it is watched closely by analysts, economists as well as investors.

But as Covid-19 shattered global economies and pushed countries towards recession, central banks worldwide have taken measures to ease interest rates to boost consumer spending and financial liquidity.

How does it actually work?

Take, for example, a housing loan. Usually, the interest rate on mortgages ranges between 4.0 percent and 4.5 percent, depending on banks, but when the central bank lowers the rate, borrowing becomes cheaper and thus more affordable.

Consumers will therefore have extra money in hand, allowing them to spend it and subsequently helping to support economic growth.

However, it is important to note that interest rate cuts only act as a supplementary move by the government to boost the economy.

Since the pandemic became a global crisis, governments have injected trillions of dollars into the economy in various forms, such as financial aids, wage subsidies, tax cuts and financial moratoriums.

In Malaysia, the government had introduced two economic stimulus packages, namely the RM260 billion Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package and the RM35 billion National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) to revitalise the local economy.

Global cuts

US: The US Federal Reserve (Fed) had cut its interest rates to almost zero in light of the Covid-19 global pandemic which had forced business activities to come to a grinding halt.

US Fed chairman Jerome Powell indicated that the low interest rates are expected to remain until 2022 until the economy recovers from the pandemic.

UK: The Bank of England kept its interest rates at 0.1 percent this month after slashing it in March. There has been talk among economists that the economic powerhouse is expected to take a negative interest rate approach.

The bank has also announced a £100 billion stimulus to help the United Kingdom's economy through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Europe: The European Central Bank lowered its interest rate to 0.5 percent in April as the Covid-19 pandemic had slammed the region's economy.

The bank has lent out 1.3 trillion euros to Euro zone banks at negative interest rates of as low as minus 1.0 percent, provided that the banks keep lending to businesses.

Russia: Russia had slashed its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis point to 4.50 percent on Friday - a record low dating back to the pre-Soviet era as the bank felt the need to cut credit lending expenses due to its shrinking economy.

Indonesia: The republic's central bank reduced its interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 percent last week after keeping it at 4.5 percent over the past three months, in line with the country's lowest inflation in almost two decades.

Bank Indonesia governor Perry Warjiyo said the rate cut was to provide a much-needed boost for economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thailand: The country's central bank has introduced additional debt relief measures, including interest rate cuts by two to four percentage points for credit cards and personal loans, to help debtors during the coronavirus outbreak.

More cuts in M'sia

AmBank Group chief economist Dr Anthony Dass said the possibility of the central bank reducing the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by another 50 basis points in July remains high.

"The rate cut will provide a much-needed boost for economic recovery amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

"It will help stabilise the national economy and ensure Penjana's success," he said.

Dass, who is also a member of the Economic Action Council secretariat, said the cut would be timely as the government plans to raise RM35 billion through local borrowings to finance the higher deficit.

"There is ample liquidity to tap into the local market borrowings today. Besides, there is hardly any inflationary pressure so far," he said.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) had cut the OPR by 50 basis points to 2.0 percent in May, putting the OPR at its lowest level since the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.

The Monetary Policy Committee will be holding its fourth meeting on July 7, and analysts are expecting another OPR cut following the meeting.

An analyst said the OPR cut is expected to boost financial liquidity in the upcoming quarter as unemployment has started to spike due to the pandemic.

"As the World Bank and BNM have forecast a recession this year due to the global pandemic, it is important to ensure that consumers have enough liquidity to ensure their purchasing power does not slip further and businesses can keep on running," she said.

She added that for now, a lower interest rate might have an impact on fixed deposit savings, but it will only be a short-term impact as the economy is expected to recover next year.

Buy gold guys!

Huat huar huat huat chai ar!!!!

What to say guys.....Noticeably only colour from Asia countries. No Aussies or Russians taken in. Tails must be wagging when seeing mat salleh.

Anwar, take your sweet time to decide, prune bamboo some more and meanwhile, Moo and Azmin are moving with lightning speed. So that makes you a better PM?

Rais Yatim among five sworn in as senators

KUALA LUMPUR: Negri Sembilan Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chairman Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim was among the five individuals sworn in as senators before the Senate president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran at Dewan Negara today.

All of them were appointed upon the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.

The other four were former Home Minister Tan Sri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad, PAS vice-president Idris Ahmad, head of PAS Supporters Club N Balasubramaniam, and former Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s political secretary Muhammad Zahid Md Arip.

The Senate now has 70 members, 26 of whom were state appointees, while 44 others were appointed by the King, including three to represent the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan.

The senators are appointed for a term of three years and can only be reappointed once.

Meanwhile, speaking to the media, Rais said among his missions is to make the Senate, which is one of the components of the highest legislative body of the country, a good example to the people.

“I think it would be good if the image of the Senate is changed to a highly intellectual assembly ... building the nation not through harsh words, but through an exemplary image that could help shape the future generations.

“We have no time to do flip flop, all senators should develop a common determination to strengthen the government and to give the people the opportunity to see that the Senate is actually higher than the Dewan Rakyat in so many aspects,” he said.

Meanwhile, Idris said as a senator, he would want to see more priority to be given to people’s agenda, and less to political games.

“We realise that the people need assurance to have food to eat, to live a peaceful life, so we don’t want to portray that politicians care too preoccupied in politics while they (the people) are struggling to make ends meet,” he said.

Buy and hold guys

Basikal pun belum pandai buat, sudah mau terbang rocket? hehehe

"Despite documentary evidence showing otherwise, Immigration DG Khairul Dzaimee said all in immigration detainees are undocumented or they entered the country before January 2020.

Earlier, the National Security Council said no action would be taken against tourists overstaying their visas during the MCO period."

There can only be one truth.
But, of course we are in Bolehland where there are many truths.

But to those heartless and cruel officers involved, please remember these immigration detainees did not overstay their visa on purpose - they were caught up with the MCO and the cancellation of flights!!

"What is in there for me"?

There are two ways in doing this. A scant and cosmetic fill-up of the NM quota, which unsurprisingly will be pale and stale faces from CA and MIC which the NM have rejected. As you had mentioned, the oscillation between MCA and DAP has ceased and one can understand why PAS and UMNO and now PPBM are dead against the DAP - it is not a party of "yes" men and that is why they want MCA and MIC. The NM saw this very clearly and obviously chucked them out. Except for Saravanan and Wee warming their seats the NM have nothing substantial to boast about.

Call it pessimistic but there is a better word for this - I am just being honest and realistic. There is no way a PN Malay Govt will consider the interests of the NM as the PH Govt had. It was not much but at least there was something. The funny thing is most of us had even made up our minds.

Unity government?

You really mean a Malay unity government (of thieves, religious bigots and shady billionaires and corrupt warlords) with a sprinkling of token non-malays don't you?

Morning guys, see the volume, looks like rally continue .....

Shahril, in other words, PH govt did very well indeed given the fact it was only running the govt for just under 2.5 years. PH govt was snatched away so prematurely. Given more extended time to complete the term as mandated by the rakyat, Shahril might be tempted to ditch UMNO and move over to PH for its good governance.

Alot of wishful thinking Anwar could win, simply because they hope their agenda is fulfilled by Anwar.