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Malls push for PPV project to resume 08 Jul 2021 / 09:40 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
WE were absolutely delighted and fully supported the minister’s call of “Let’s Do This Together” to accelerate the vaccination drive for the people.
We wish to reiterate that in April, we mooted the concept of shopping malls hosting as vaccination centres for the retail industry. We subsequently had preliminary discussions with the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force on May 6, and with the minister on May 21, which led to the precise and spot-on decision to implement the Public-Private Venture (PPV) for our industry with the vaccination centre programme under the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.
Malls disappointed that PPV project put off to August 05 Jul 2021 / 09:09 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
PETALING JAYA: Malls are disappointed that their vaccine dispensing centre (PPV) project has been postponed to August.
The Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPK) mooted the concept of shopping malls hosting PPVs for the retail industry.
After preliminary discussions with Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) on May 6 and MInister in charge Khairy Jamaluddin on May 21, a decision was made to implement the public-private collaboration for our industry with the PPVIN programme under the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA).
“Spontaneously after this, more than 60 malls have offered to host PPVs and have agreed to deeply subsidise the operations,” PPK said in a statement yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: Members of the retail sector are appealing to Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari to immediately lift the lockdown in the state and to only implement movement controls based on locality and specific buildings to prevent an economic disaster.
In a joint appeal, retailers urged Amirudin to save the state s economy from unnecessary damage due to the imposition of what they called an unnecessary lockdown of almost the entire state.
“We are at a loss as to why the lockdowns in Kuala Lumpur are so surgically determined and confined to (particular) buildings, while for Selangor the sledgehammer approach of locking down almost the entire state was implemented.
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