KUALA LUMPUR: Restaurants and food premises can operate from 6am to 10pm starting tomorrow (June 28).
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government had decided on this after taking into consideration the pleas from restaurant operators.
"Previously, operation hours involving food premises and restaurants were only allowed between 8am and 8pm.
"After taking into account the pleas and views from food operators, the Covid-19 management meeting has agreed to change the operation hours of premises selling food to 6am to 10pm, effective June 28," he said in a statement today.
He added that in phase one of the National Recovery Plan, the Movement Control Order's (MCO) standard operating procedures (SOP) are still in use, where all social and economic activities are prohibited, except for essential services as listed by the National Security Council (NSC).