GEORGE TOWN: With the rate of vaccinations currently being ramped up, foreign workers in restaurants here are eagerly awaiting their turn.
At a popular nasi kandar outlet in Campbell Street, Naresh Bahadur Kadayet from Nepal said he registered for the vaccine through the MySejahtera app earlier this year but had yet to get a date.
The 30-year-old who has been working here for the past seven years said he and his colleagues were keeping their fingers crossed.
“Most of the local workers at our outlet are already vaccinated.
“Of the 35 workers here, 15 are foreigners and all have registered on MySejahtera.
Business as usual: Cheow is happy that she does not need any letters from Miti to continue
running her business during the lockdown. K.T.GOH/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: Coffee shop owner Cheow Sow Lei is now all smiles after learning that she does not need any letters from the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) to continue running her business during the lockdown.
The 54-year-old had tried 10 times to get the approval letter without success through the ministry’s Covid-19 Intelligent Management System (CIMS) 3.0.
“I received news from Miti that I don’t need any letters to operate during this period. I am so relieved.