Ketua rumah and the food supply chain

IN recent days, under the seriousness of the movement control order (MCO), one particular directive from the authorities – that only the ketua rumah (head of the household) will be allowed out of the house – caused a little running joke among our circle about how all the ketua rumah would be panicking as they tried to choose which fresh vegetable to buy for the family in the supermarket.

I feel that this is actually the scenario on the national scale when it comes to controlling and restricting the movement of people who are trying to get their daily food supply.