Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Hawkers and Petty Traders Association chairman Tan Luan Huat says night market traders who have opted to reopen are experiencing a 60% drop in customers. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 1, 2021.
ABOUT 50% of night markets traders in the Klang Valley have decided against opening up their stalls after taking into consideration the high number of daily Covid-19 cases in the community, retail groups said. Night markets were not allowed to operate since June 1 when the government imposed the third lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. This restriction was, however, lifted on August 16.
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