Conditional MCO forces local entrepreneurs to get creative as bazaars are closed

From left: Bingka co-founder and head of design Emmalynn Yam, founder Adrihana Abdul Rashid and a fellow craft artisan. Photos: Bingka

When the movement control order (MCO) was enforced in March, Adrihana Abdul Rashid and her two business partners did not expect things to go too badly.

Before the pandemic, they were at different bazaars practically every weekend – sometimes managing two locations in the same week – promoting their textile-based handcrafted Malaysian souvenirs under the brand Bingka.