COMMENTARY, Feb 25 These days the very announcement that the standard operating procedures (SOPs) have been updated can be a cause for excitement or agony. Take dining in at our food establishments, for example. We don’t see what a luxury entering a restaurant or café and being seated at a.
Time for togetherness: People dining in at a restaurant in Petaling Jaya while observing the SOP.
GEORGE TOWN: The restaurant scene in Malaysia is getting lively again after the SOP under the movement control order was relaxed to allow more than two people to a table.
Bank officer Zarina Abdullah, 45, was seen with her two colleagues, having lunch here yesterday while catching up on work.
“We work on different floors and usually catch up during lunch, but since the MCO, we have not seen each other.
“This is usually the only time we can hang out as we have families to care for and do not have the time to meet up after work.
PETALING JAYA: The National Security Council (NSC) should consider reviewing the two-person-per-table ruling at eateries with large tables, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. Tables at some restaurants vary in sizes and what can be done is adjusting the current ruling for larger tables. It is not practical for a large table to accommodate only two persons who are seated 2m apart, he said when contacted on Sunday (Feb 14).
Lee, who is the Alliance for Safe Community chairman, also described that the two-per-table ruling led to absurd situations involving families intending to dine out. For example, if there is a family of four, it would be absurd for their children to sit at separate tables if they are from the same household.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 Diners can eat out at restaurants again starting tomorrow, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today even as the current movement control order (MCO) is set to conclude next week. However, he added that patrons opting to dine-in will be limited to two.
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