PETALING JAYA: Malaysians tend to eat late, so the Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners Association (Primas) is hoping that restaurants will be allowed to operate longer hours. “With the latest SOP (standard operating procedure), we will need to close by 8pm – but people usually come out to buy their dinner later than that, ” said its vice-president C. Krishnan. “Delivery services are likely to stop taking orders around 7.30pm, which will affect our business, ” he said, referring to the latest announcement that restaurants would be allowed to open from 8am to 8pm under new rules to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The ruling will be enforced from Tuesday until June 7.