Cinemas to suspend operations from November


The once robust cinema industry in Malaysia has been brought down to its knees by the pandemic. - CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, cinemas will begin suspending their operations from November.

The Malaysian Association of Film Exhibitors (MAFE) said while the conditional movement control order (CMCO) required cinemas to remain closed, lack of new films in the short term further compounded their predicament.

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