The food and beverage industry along with health services, water and energy utilities, transport — including ports and airports — will be among the essential services sectors allowed to open during the third movement control order (MCO) from Tuesday.
In an announcement yesterday afternoon, Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob also said other sectors allowed to operate are those in communications — including the news media and broadcasts — banks, information technology, construction and critical repairs as well as forestry and wildlife enforcement.
He said most manufacturing sectors are required to close except for a select few, including aerospace, food and beverages, printing, cleaning and health.
Ismail specified, however, that these factories will only be able operate with a maximum of 60 per cent of their workforce.
The minister added that all business hours will be limited to 8am to 8pm only, except for markets — such as fresh markets — and petrol stations.
Ismail Sabri added that farming and fishing activities are also allowed, along with the activities of their related supply chain.
“For example, the shops that sell fertiliser and palm fruit processing factories are allowed to operate,” he said.
Similarly, the agriculture and commodities sectors are allowed to operate along with their supply chains.
The construction sector is allowed to operate but is limited to: “critical” maintenance and repair works, construction of important public infrastructure, and construction of workers quarters at construction sites or for “centralised labour quarters (CLQ)”.
For public services, Ismail Sabri said only 20 per cent of workers are allowed to work in office for “necessary work” — not including Covid-19 frontliners, and security and defence personnel.
He added that kindergartens — whether private, public or international — along with “mind development centres” for children aged four to six, are not allowed to operate, except for those catering to frontliners or for children where both parents are working. — Malay Mail
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