Longer operating hours will only increase sales by 3%, say Indian restaurant owners 29 Jun 2021 / 12:22 H. pix is for illustration purposes only PETALING JAYA: Indian restaurant owners are urging the government to allow dining-in as their operations have been badly affected by MCO 3.0. The ban on dine-in will add more stress to operators who have suffering for 15 months. They fear that more restaurants will close down permanently as operators are not able to meet basic needs of their employees and themselves. We are eased very little by the government allowing allowing restaurants to operate from 6am to 10pm as it will only make 3% difference in daily sales, the Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners Association president J. Suresh said today.