Army personnel attending a briefing at the northeast district police contingent headquarters for the joint operation to man roadblocks throughout the state.
THE situation at the Ayer Itam market in George Town, has improved following the new ruling to ban roadside hawking at several market complexes, but it was still crowded at the market.
Penang police chief Comm Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said the situation was now 70% better than before, following the initiative taken by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) to ban roadside hawking around market complexes in Ayer Itam, Bayan Baru, Jalan Perak and Jelutong until the movement control order (MCO) is over.
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Army personnel attending a briefing at the northeast district police contingent headquarters for the joint operation to man roadblocks throughout the state.
A Rela member (right) assisting policemen in screening motorists at a roadblock at the Butterworth-Kulim Expressway near Seberang Jaya.
People buying fresh fish at the Apollo market in Jalan Raja Uda in Butterworth.
Marketgoers getting their vegetable supplies from a stall at the Kampung Baru market in Bukit Mertajam.
(Front row, from left) Ng accompanying Comm Sahabudin, police officers and MBPP enforcement officers while checking on the situation at the Ayer Itam market in George Town.
The crowd buying essentials and groceries at the Ayer Itam Market. /Picby:CHAN BOON KAI/The Star/22 March 2020.
MBPP officer Mohamad Azmir Md Ismail making a public announcement on the MCO via a street loudspeaker from the MBPP CCTV control room in Komtar, George Town.
MBPP’s public announcements on the MCO are periodically aired over the street loudspeakers in George Town. — Photos: ZAINUDIN AHAD, MUSTAFA AHMAD, CHAN BOON KAI, ZHAFARAN NASIB, LO TERN CHERN/The Star
Royal Malay Regiment officers doing temperature screening at the main gate of an army camp in Penang.
Fewer people patronising the Ayer Itam market on Saturday following stricter enforcement of the MCO.
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