Penangites to learn if MCO will be implemented on Saturday (May 8)


GEORGE TOWN: The decision on whether the movement control order will be implemented in Penang will be announced on Saturday (May 8).

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said a special National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Covid-19 chaired by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday (May 7) considered the state's risk analysis report and the decision would be announced after a scheduled technical meeting on Saturday.

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