By Adrian Lim
KUCHING, April 26: Restaurants and eateries in Bintulu are not allowed to offer dine-in services during the extended CMCO until May 17.
This requirement is among the latest standard operating procedures (SOPs) published by the Ministry for Local Government and Housing (MLGH) following the announcement by the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to extend the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) earlier today.
Hence, eateries in Bintulu can only take food orders via takeaways and drive-through services.
The SOPs also specify that entry to and exit out of the Bintulu zone is not allowed unless for vehicles carrying essential goods and they must fulfill the condition of providing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab test results besides police permits.
MLGH added the operation of farmers’ markets, night markets, and uptown and downtown markets are prohibited in Covid-19 red zones.
Apart from that, social activities such as weddings, ‘akad nikah’, prayer recitals, reunion dinners, retreats and family days are not allowed.
MLGH said recreation activities at Tanjung Batu beach, ABF beach and Millenium Park are not allowed.
Furthermore, business events, courses, seminars, tournaments and competitions, tourism and cultural activities as well as creative industry activities are also prohibited.
In the meantime, offices and business premises in Bintulu are allowed to operate from 6am until 8pm.
MLGH said pharmacies and drug stores are allowed to operate from 6am until 10pm except for pharmacies inside shopping malls.
At the same time, shopping centres, shopping malls and departmental stores are allowed to operate with a maximum of 50 visitors or not exceeding 50 per cent of the premises with compliance to SOPs.
Other than that, physical meetings at offices, hotels and other institutions are allowed with a maximum of 50 persons or not exceeding 50 per cent capacity of the premises.
Moreover, only 30 per cent workers of essential services are allowed in the workplace and the rest have been instructed to work from home.
MLGH said employers are responsible to reduce the number of employees for essential services not exceeding 30 per cent of the total workforce.
Meanwhile, only two persons are allowed to travel inside each private vehicle. — DayakDaily
