KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 25): As fears of another national full-scale lockdown rise, the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has called on the industry to play its part by taking additional proactive and preventive measures to tighten the existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) at workplaces and living quarters of employees in order to contain the current rapid spread of Covid-19.
If the transmission of the coronavirus is not urgently managed now, FMM warned that the business sector may not survive another strict lockdown as it will have a devastating impact on business survival and job security. The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) strongly believes that it is important for the current infections and clusters to be managed effectively so that the chain of infections (can) be broken swiftly as we, the business sector, cannot withstand another round of total lockdown similar to the Movement Control Order (MCO) in March 2020, its president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai
Second full lockdown damage will be irreparable , manufacturers warned
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The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) today pleaded with members to stem the spread of Covid-19, warning that a second full lockdown will cause irreparable damage to the businesses and the economy. It is therefore very crucial for the industry to give its fullest cooperation and play its part by taking the additional proactive and preventive measures to tighten the existing SOPs at the workplace and living quarters of employees, said FMM president Soh Thian Lai.
FMM was at the same briefing by the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) on Friday that was attended by the EU Chambers of Commerce (Eurocham).
KUALA LUMPUR: Industries must play their role to tighten existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) at the workplace and living quarters of employees as they could not withstand another full lockdown, says the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).
KUALA LUMPUR - International Trade and Industry Minister Azmin Ali waved away on Monday (Jan 25) calls for a total lockdown in Malaysia despite an unrelenting coronavirus outbreak, mooting instead more stringent procedures such as targeted testing and tighter distancing protocols.
This comes after manufacturing trade associations over the weekend called on members to step up measures to reduce infections - the sector is responsible for nearly a third of over 300 active clusters - to avoid a shutdown of the economy as the current wave of the deadly virus has worsened despite Malaysia reimposing a movement control order (MCO) since Jan 13.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia is preparing to shut down most of its economy if coronavirus cases continue to surge, sources say, after existing movement controls have so far failed to contain the spread of infections. Several industry and government sources have confirmed to The Straits Times that the Health Ministry wants to impose a total lockdown on all economic activity.