Relaxed i-Sinar rules a welcome relief

Easier: The decision to remove conditions on i-Sinar eligibility was taken into consideration after public feedback.

PETALING JAYA: The move to relax the i-Sinar withdrawal facility will bring much relief to those working in sectors hardest hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, say economic analysts.

“This is a wise move. When the original requirement was stipulated, we could not have guessed that a second round of the movement control order (MCO) was implemented, ” said Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) University vice-chancellor and economist Prof Datuk Dr John Antony Xavier.