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The Food Aid Programme, driven by the Cultural Economy Development Agency (Cendana), aims to help 1, 500 artists and cultural workers across the nation. Photo: Cendana With the extension of Phase One of movement control under the National Recovery Plan to curb the spread of Covid-19, the cultural and creative sectors will continue to remain shut. The ongoing closure of performing arts spaces and the suspension of cultural events - which began in the Klang Valley on May 7 before the implementation of total nationwide lockdown on June 1 - has left the arts scene nationwide verging on Covid-induced collapse. The immediate measures now are to get food aid to arts communities and individuals who are negatively impacted by the pandemic and the various lockdowns. ....