Monday, 05 Apr 2021 10:38 PM MYT
Previously, working from home was the default arrangement and a limited number of home-based employees could return to offices for up to half of their total working time. The 50-year-old office manager said: “We are a small firm, around seven employees, so not more than three were allowed in the office. We all mostly worked from home unless something urgent came up.
“Last week there were queues but they were not as long. It definitely seems like more people have returned to work,” said Chua, who sells nyonya kueh and is in her 60s. Doco Donburi at International Plaza, which sells Japanese rice bowls, saw an increase of about 15 per cent in sales compared to the week before.