14 compounds issued on Friday

KUCHING: The authorities have issued compounds to five persons after they were caught dining in an eatery here, on Friday. They were among 14 individuals compounded for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Kuching recorded the most compounds with six, followed by four in Miri and four in […]

No dine-ins for seven zones

KUCHING: Dine-ins at all restaurants and eateries will not be allowed for seven zones in the state, namely Sibu, Sarikei, Selangau, Kanowit, Betong, Bintulu and Kapit.   The will be effective until May 17 as stated in the updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) released by the National Security Council (MKN) on April 26. Food sale or […]

Health and safety first, business second

KUCHING: Food and beverage outlets and other non-essential services in the city have felt the effects of the government’s two-week movement control order to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus. However, they understand that this is for the safety of everyone as health and safety come first, business is secondary. Checks by New Sarawak […]

Cops happy with just takeaway counters

BAU: The local police chief DSP Poge Nyaon is happy with the proactive attitude of operators of eateries and members of the public here. “Our observation is that operators only provide take-away services to their customers and they observe the no-dine-in directive,” he said Thursday. Poge said his men will continue to monitor trade activities […]

Police warn errant coffee shop operators

SIBU: Police here have given warning and will continue to do so to operators of coffee shops to comply with the movement control order (MCO) until March 31. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that his men had given verbal warning to several eatery outlet operators for allowing their customers to dine […]