APRIL 13 — I applaud Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for adopting the #kitajagakita framing we advocated in his speech on 10th April. He also adopted the word “new normal”, a welcoming sign from the Prime Minister that he comprehends our world would not remain the same again, even after the end of...
Monday, 13 Apr 2020 08:02 PM MYT
After the hammer, strict compliance from the public under surveillance by security forces should not be the main tune. It is about getting everyone to “dance” in sync voluntarily. Now we need a whole-of-society approach, apart from the whole-of-government approach that I have been stressing. About 78 per cent of Malaysians are living in the urban areas, and 70 percent of Malays are urban dwellers. The urban folks are struggling. Health concerns may prevent them from returning to their villages even after the strict MCO period as they may spread the virus to older family members. Who do we enlist to help?
If you talk to the LRT or MRT operators, they may say the government should ask the offices to have five or six shifts instead of one shift when everyone rush to reach the offices before 9a.m. May be some people should go to work at 12 noon instead. Having five or six different shifts plus some workers working from home regularly could also solve part of the traffic congestion at peak hours in major cities and to reduce the exposure to infection risks.
The states can do more to tailor-make measures to improve local economic conditions. The local authorities know which barber shops are on which streets, and how best to handle them. Not everything has to be approved at the federal level, as long as the national guidelines are sensible and clear.
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