MBSP auxiliary police monitoring market-goers lining-up waiting their turn to enter Bukit Mertajam wet market in Bukit Mertajam. - Starpic by MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star/16 April 2020.
BOTH councils in Penang have received almost RM2mil from the state to do cleaning works in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
State local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the amount was part of the state’s RM10mil allocated for cleaning and acquiring of equipment under its RM75mil economic stimulus package announced last month.
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MBSP auxiliary police monitoring market-goers lining-up waiting their turn to enter Bukit Mertajam wet market in Bukit Mertajam. - Starpic by MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star/16 April 2020.
Keep safe distance Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (right, with black mask) distributing face masks while advising the people to practise social distancing and personal hygiene during his visit to the Bukit Mertajam wet market. (Above) Council auxiliary policemen ensuring that market-goers practise social distancing at the Bukit Mertajam wet market.
A council worker (above) spraying the handrails with disinfectant while another worker scrubs the floor with a machine at the Jelutong market (left). Present to inspect the cleaning process are Jagdeep (middle, in white), MBPP mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang (in blue) and other assemblymen.
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