News vendors appeal for help

Newspaper deliverymen wearing face masks for protection before going out on their delivery rounds in Penang. — Filepic

THE Penang Newspaper Vendors and Book Association, which is being badly affected by the movement control order (MCO), is seeking financial aid from the state government’s Covid-19 economic stimulus package.

Its president M. Murugesu said since the MCO, many of the retail newspaper outlets and newspaper stands had to close down as they were not under the essential services sector.