They claim that the current situation for the ongoing MCO had issues and created confusion about carrying out economic activities.
"Engage with us SMEs, not work in silos. In the MCO last March, 50% of tourist and retail businesses closed down.He also said not everything had to be handled by the Health Ministry as they would not know how businesses work. "What we want is for the government to engage us prior to the SOP is released. For example, optical businesses were not allowed to open initially but after complaints, they were allowed to," said Tay."We retailers have at least 200,000 jobs. Please engage us before deciding on the SOP," said Tay.
"The Health Ministry confirmed 30% of the clusters were from the manufacturing sector, so do not punish the whole nation because of a few sectors," said Wong. Footwear entrepreneur Datuk Lewre Lew Fong Voon, representing the Brand Association of Malaysia, said more SMEs would definitely be shuttering this MCO if the government does not make an effort to engage them.
In a statement, the group said that the economy was like a"valuable patient in ICU"and required careful and dedicated attention.
Its a good point. If the objective is to balance health and businesses, definitely both parties need to be part of it. The issue is, ministers think they are smart and leverage covid 19 for their political sustainability.
Fuck industry leaders. These assholes jika kena covid pun takpa, sebab kaya boleh pergi private senang2. Working class perlu tunduk kepada fat cats and at the end yg susah adalah working class folks bukan cibai2 ni.
If we are in a crisis (plus now the emergency declared), do we (the government including every one of us) entertain all requests? We must put our foot down, including to own family, correct?