However, Madeline Berma says there are concerns over the implementation of the conditional movement control order. FMTNews MCO Covid19
The government says certain economic and social activities, like eating in at restaurants, will be allowed from Monday.
She said while there were genuine health concerns with easing the MCO, production and consumption had come to a standstill, resulting in the incomes of businesses and employees taking a major hit, with many either taking pay cuts or retrenched. Yesterday, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that the government would enforce the CMCO, which will see certain economic and social activities being allowed from Monday.
Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Melayu chief executive Ahmad Yazid Othman said it was necessary to ease the MCO and hoped that the self-employed who had been suffering due to the lockdown would be able to earn some income. He said that aid under the stimulus package was insufficient and that they had received many complaints, especially from Bumiputera and small and medium enterprises , that aid was not reaching them in a timely manner.
Denison said that while self-discipline was important, more advice and guidance from the government was necessary.
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