NIBONG TEBAL: Two senior citizens living in South Seberang Prai district on the mainland of Penang were shocked when they saw their MySejahtera apps indicating that they have to travel to other states for their Covid-19 vaccinations.
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Lim Swee Peng, 52 (left) apologising to Ernest Tan, 44 (right), Jerry Kee, 36 (second from right) while Bukit Tambun assemblyman Goh Choon Aik looks on during a meet up at a restaurant in Sungai Bakap, Penang on 25 Feb 2020.
NIBONG TEBAL: A 52-year-old man has apologised for spreading rumours alleging three restaurants had positive Covid-19 cases, causing their business to plunge.
Lim Swee Peng apologised to the restaurants, their neighbours, and the community for creating two posts on Facebook with photos of the restaurants attached.
As the restaurants selling duck rice, vegetable dumplings (chai kuih) and dumpling noodles have operated for generations and are well known among the local community, the post quickly went viral over social media before he took it down.
Low with the SP Pearl stingray at his facility. Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
A BREEDER of exotic freshwater stingrays, some worth up to RM100,000 each, has discovered huge market potential after taking his business online.
Low Kheng Keat, 37, who operates his farm in a rural area in Sungai Bakap, Penang, said in the past, he supplied only to aquarium shops.
When the movement control order was implemented last year, aquarium shops stopped ordering and Low resorted to selling his stingrays online instead.
He posted photos of each stingray on the web and conducted live video conversations with potential customers so that they could inspect the specimens up close.