Some 500 hawkers and traders of the Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman pasar malam have opted to postpone the resumption of their business under the Recovery Movement Control Order as the set standard operating procedures are too restrictive.
“The SOPs include social distancing of 1.5 meters between each eight-square-meter stalls, the barring of children aged below 13 while those aged 60 and above are not allowed to visit the night market. “We, the night market organisers, admit that hawkers and traders are losing their source of income due to the MCO and the Covid-19 pandemic, but with such SOPs we rather wait out before resuming business.
“As long as the SOPs are not agreed by every night market associations and organisers, we won’t be able to resume our operation,” he said.