By Karen Bong
KUCHING, June 29: Pawn shops are the only community credit services which have been added to the list of essential services allowed to reopen from today onwards under Phase 1 of Movement Control of the National Recovery Plan for Sarawak.
As per the latest standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) for the period of June 29 to July 12, the operation hours for all economic and industry sectors as well as other services and activities allowed to operate are maintained from 6am to 8pm, except for eateries which are allowed to open until 10pm.
Only 21 essential sectors are allowed to operate with a 30 per cent workforce capacity, both for operation and management.
It is the responsibility of employers to comply with this order such as by determining rotating shifts for workers.
The essential sectors allowed to operate are prison, temporary detention centres, immigration depots, rehabilitation centres and lockups; electric and energy services; government and public services; ports and airports; fuels and lubricants; telecommunication services; water services; food supplies and services; broadcasting and information services; judiciary, legal and professional bodies services; banking, finance, insurances, Takaful and community credit (pawn shop only); posts, couriers and logistics; solid waste management and sewerage; industry and business related to security and defense; manufacturing and production industry; ships building and maintenance; as well as timber and logging.
Others include fishery, agriculture and farming; land, sea, air (including e-hailing and food delivery) services; construction and renovation (including minor repairs or maintenance works carried out individually or in private by registered contractors); and hotels and lodgings (operation for quarantine, isolation, essential works and not for tourism).
Those operating in these sectors are still required to ensure effective compliance with the respective SOPs. — DayakDaily
