Businesses now agree that stricter MCO is necessary BERNAMA
PETALING JAYA: The unrelenting advance of the Covid-19 assault has forced businesses to soften their opposition to tighter controls.
In a step back from an earlier resistance to more drastic measures, some businesses have now come out in support of a stricter movement control order (MCO) to curb the spread of infections.
The Federation of Malaysian Business Associations (FMBA) conceded that the crisis has reached a point where measures to save lives should take precedence over making profits.
“It is better to suffer some losses now and still have the capability to recoup in the future, rather than let the situation drag on (indefinitely),” FMBA pro-tem chairman Datuk Abdul Malik Abdullah told
Thursday, 20 May 2021 02:51 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
A general view of traffic in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur amid the movement control order on March 18, 2020. Picture by Firdaus Latif
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 De facto law minister Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan reportedly said the National Security Council (NSC) will deliberate tomorrow on whether to implement “total lockdown” in the face of rising Covid-19 cases and deaths in the country.
Several local media reported that Takiyuddin said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will chair the NSC meeting on the matter tomorrow.
Manufacturers call for stricter SOPs, not total lockdown
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The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has called on the government to impose stricter standard operating procedures (SOPs) instead of a total lockdown.
It said a movement control order (MCO) that is a total lockdown, whether nationwide or in states like Selangor, could.
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PETALING JAYA: A full Covid-19 lockdown would devastate and stifle the recovery of the already badly affected economy, say two major business associations.
Wednesday, 19 May 2021 10:17 PM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Police officers conducting roadblock checks during movement control order 3.0 (MCO) on the Federal Highway May 10, 2021. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) today joined two commerce chambers in opposing a complete lockdown to address the worsening Covid-19 situation here.
In a statement today, FMM president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai echoed the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) and the EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Eurocham) Malaysia in urging the government to enhance the existing movement control order (MCO).