Learning from market closure


A market-goer getting her body temperature scanned the wrong way using her hand as others queue up under the supervision of personnel on duty at the MBSP market complex beside the main Apollo market. - Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

A SUNDAY morning frenzy at the Apollo daily wet market in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth, led to a breach of standard operating procedure (SOP) and subsequent closure of a major portion of the market by the authorities.

Traders at the height of their business were shocked when enforcers from the Health Department turned up to perform an inspection before issuing a notice for a seven-day closure.

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