Tighter MCO 3.0: Businesses to close by 8pm, says Ismail Sabri - The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Shops during the movement control order period starting May 25 have been ordered to close at 8pm instead of the previously set time of 10pm, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The Senior Minister (Security) said restaurants and takeaway orders can operate from 8am to 8pm.
“The same operating hours will also apply to convenience stores, pet stores, laundromats as well as shopping malls, ” he said on Saturday (May 22) during a press conference to announce the tighter SOP of the movement control order (MCO 3.0).
He said petrol stations will also be open from 8am to 8pm except those on highway rest stops.
He added night markets will be allowed to open between 4pm and 8pm, while pharmacies will be allowed to open from 8am to 10pm.
Ismail Sabri also said 40% of the workforce in the private sector, involving 6.1 million employees, will be required to work from home.
He said the passenger capacity on public transports will be cut by half.
These restrictions, Ismail said, will apply around Peninsular Malaysia and the Federal Territory of Labuan.
On Friday (May 21), the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin agreed that more efforts needed to be taken to flatten the Covid-19 infection curve.
The special meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) had unanimously decided to tighten the current movement control order with more restrictions on social and economic sectors.
In recent days, the number of Covid-19 cases has surged to more than 6,000 daily, prompting calls from various parties for greater restrictions, while others argued that a total lockdown would do irreparable harm to the economy and livelihoods.
