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03 Apr 2021 / 20:31 H. GEORGE TOWN: A total of 47 factories in Penang have been ordered to close temporarily in the first three months of this year due to Covid-19. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow ( pix) said that the growing number of Covid-19 cases within the Penang’s manufacturing industry raised the alarm to make the Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s (MITI) Safe@Work initiative mandatory at workplaces. “Considering that we have nearly 50 factories that have been temporarily...

 channel for the latest stories and updates. The government introduces an initiative to ensure that the nation’s manufacturing and related services sectors can operate safely and with better accountability during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the “Safe@Work” system which contains Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and guidelines on the creation of a Safe Work Bubble (SWB) for the sector. How does it work? The SWB will isolate groups of workers s...