MOF: Closing of all sectors may disrupt essential goods and services

Stocking up the pantry: Customers buying ingredients at a baking supplies shop along Carnarvon Street in George Town. Learning from the first MCO, the government has allowed the related value chain of essential goods to operate. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Certain sectors are being allowed to operate during the movement control order because the Finance Ministry wants to ensure there is supply chain continuity for essential products and services, as well as for the wellbeing of the public.

While noting there is a need to contain the Covid-19 pandemic efficiently, the Finance Ministry said there was also a need to prevent any disruption to the manufacturing value chain.