Family business: A hardware shop owner arranging merchandise in Chulia Street, Penang. LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: Three days into the movement control order, many businesses still unsure whether they are allowed to operate have decided to shut down temporarily while others are forging ahead and hoping for the best.
The decades-old hardware shops in a lane along Chulia Street here are all open for business although none of them has applied to the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) for approval.
“My family has been operating here for the last three generations and I decided to keep the shop open although I did not apply to Miti, ” said a store owner who wanted to be known only as Ah Choon.
JOHOR BARU: Business groups here do not see the border with Singapore fully opening up in the first quarter of the year due to the spike in Covid-19 cases in Johor and other parts of Malaysia.
Monday, 28 Dec 2020
Test of coordination: All foreign workers in Malaysia have been mandated to undergo Covid-19 screenings but some employers say they need more time to prepare for all practicalities involving large numbers of individuals. YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Employers around the country are hoping for more time to prepare for the mandatory Covid-19 screening of their foreign workers, which is to be enforced starting from Jan 1.
Calling for more details about the implementation of the ruling, Johor Master Builders Association president Tee See Kim said employers should be given a grace period to carry out the necessary preparations.