{"id":72770,"date":"2020-05-03T23:53:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T15:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=72770"},"modified":"2020-05-03T23:58:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T15:58:47","slug":"cmco-gets-mixed-reaction-from-state-governments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=72770","title":{"rendered":"CMCO gets mixed reaction from state governments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212;\u00a0 The government&#8217;s decision to implement Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) starting tomorrow, has received mixed reactions from state governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Terengganu would implement the CMCO tomorrow but would&nbsp;tighten it if the compliance of the standard operating procedure (SOP) is low and affects the health of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said the CMCO was the right move and coincided with the state government&#8217;s effort to stimulate the affected domestic economy during the MCO, which took effect on March 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In IPOH, the Perak state government prohibited&nbsp;patrons from dine-in at any food premises but all restaurants,&nbsp; kiosks, food courts, roadside hawkers, indoor food stalls, and food trucks were&nbsp;allowed for take-away and delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, State Secretary Datuk Ahmad Suaidi Abdul Rahim said controlled fresh markets without premises, for example, morning markets were&nbsp;still not allowed to re-open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the state government also prohibited&nbsp;recreational activities in public parks in the state during the CMCO, in addition, all state government offices would be re-opened tomorrow to ensure the state administration delivery system ran&nbsp;smoothly and effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In KOTA BHARU, Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob, in a statement, said the state security committee would meet on Thursday (May 7) to fine-tune the CMCO, and until then, the previous conditions imposed during the MCO, would remain applicable in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in SHAH ALAM, the Selangor state government would&nbsp;implement the CMCO tomorrow with additional details including traders and hawkers who were&nbsp;allowed to operate from 7 am to 10 pm for taking away, drive-through, and delivery services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said food vendors without premises, roadside hawkers, and food trucks would&nbsp;only be allowed to resume operations after May 12 to give time to the local authorities to make arrangements for social distancing and contact detections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the construction sectors, he said the industry was&nbsp;allowed to resume operations at maximum levels but were&nbsp;required to prepare a safety action plan to control the spread of the COVID-19 which were&nbsp;approved by respective local councils (PBT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;\u2019All recreational facilities and indoor sporting venues remain closed. Activities in public parks including hiking on hills throughout Selangor are prohibited,&#8221; he said in a statement here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added the PBT would&nbsp;issue a notice on the list of parks that were&nbsp;not allowed access to the public and the implementation of CMCO was&nbsp;applicable to the whole of Selangor with additional detailings except&nbsp;in Selayang Baru, which is a red zone area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In GEORGE TOWN, the Penang state government would&nbsp;implement CMCO in three phases via its Penang Gradual Recovery Strategy (PGRS), from May 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the PGRS involved&nbsp;Phase 1 (Preparation Phase) between May 4 to 7, Phase 2 (Familiarisation Phase) between May 8 to 12, and Phase 3 (Reopening Phase) from May 13 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the existing MCO would still be in place till then and only certain sectors and offices would&nbsp;be allowed to open including the public transportation companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Those sectors which are not listed under the three phases, the enforcement and operation&nbsp;based on the PGRS will start this Friday (May 8),&#8221; he said in a media conference via Facebook live-stream today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the operating hours for all sectors would&nbsp;remain the same from 8 am to 8 pm beginning tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chow said, under Phase 1, all the sectors were&nbsp;only allowed to do preparatory work to comply with the SOP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said 25 sectors, which were&nbsp;allowed to operate in accordance with the SOP set by the National Security Council (MKN) under Phase 2, could&nbsp;go full capacity beginning May 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among others, they&nbsp;were&nbsp;transportation (land and air) food (only for takeaways), professional services, manufacturing, finance, gas, mining and quarrying, electrical and electronics, agriculture (padi&nbsp;and rice), fisheries, livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The others were&nbsp;communication, information technology, e-commerce, environment, water supply, and Konsortium (IWK) sewerage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;All the sectors are allowed to operate from May 13, but must strictly adhere to the SOP,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In MELAKA, Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (MPHTJ) president Shadan Othman said only 200 people would be&nbsp;allowed to enter the Wholesale Market in Batu Berendam starting tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said about 20 enforcement officers assisted by Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) personnel would&nbsp;be deployed to monitor and conduct regular health screening tests on traders until the MCO ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212; NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212;\u00a0 The government&#8217;s decision to implement Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) starting tomorrow, has received mixed reactions from state governments. For example, Terengganu would implement the CMCO tomorrow but would&nbsp;tighten it if the compliance of the standard operating procedure (SOP) is low and affects the health of the people. 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