Perak Coffee Shop Keeper’s Association Ooi Beng Yeaw.
There has been some confusion among eatery operators over the standard operating procedure (SOP) in allowing children and senior folk to dine in during the recovery movement control order (MCO) currently in force.Perak Coffeeshop Association chairman Ooi Beng Yeaw (pic) said its members were baffled because there were no clear and firm guidelines.”Many members are still not clear whether children aged 12 or below and senior citizens aged 60 and above are allowed to dine in.”Some members say they can, while others say cannot.”I hope the government can give us businessmen a clearer SOP so that members won’t get fined if they get caught unknowingly.”The RM1,000 fine is quite hefty and the revenue we get might not be enough to pay for it,” he said when contacted Tuesday (June 16).Another restaurant owner, who only wanted to be known as Wong, said she had been informed by another owner that customers are only “not encouraged” to bring children aged 12 or below to dine in.”I’ve called up the state Covid-19 operations centre to check on it and was told that customers are not allowed to bring their children aged 12 or below to dine in.”Having also checked the SOP by the National Security Council (NSC), there was nothing on it that says otherwise.”I’ve planned to put up a notice but I’m still unsure which one to follow,” she said.A check on the SOP for eateries, as set by the NSC, did not say anything about disallowing children or senior folk into an eatery for dine-in.The SOP included the mandatory temperature checks and recording of the relevant details of the workers and customers.It also stipulates that tables should be 2m apart to allow at least 1m social distancing and that each table cannot have more than four people.Premises also need to state clearly how many customers are allowed at one time, while alcohol-based sanitisers and soap must be prepared.Customers are only allowed between 7am and 10pm.
不限年龄但不鼓励·大臣：小孩长者可堂食
霹州堂食的食客年龄不受限！霹雳州务大臣拿督斯里阿末法依沙宣布，州政府没有制定堂食者的年龄限制，若在必要的情况下，父母可携带孩子进入食肆堂食，不会遭到当局罚款。他说，霹州政府接获国家安全理事会给予的资料显示，堂食食客年龄限制不纳入1988年传染病控制及防范法令（342法令）所规定的事。虽然如此，他强调，国家安全理事会、卫生部及州卫生局一致认同，公众受促不要携带12岁以下的儿童前往公共场所、购物中心，以及进入食肆堂食。他指出，儿童及长者是感染冠病病毒的高风险群体，所以，长者若没必要的事务办理，也受促不要前往人流聚集处，如公共场所、购物中心，以及进入食肆堂食。他今午在大臣办公室主持霹州可兰经（Tilawah）背诵比赛颁奖礼后，受媒体询及有指12岁以下儿童及60岁以上长者不准进入食肆堂食，多种版本的标准作业程序引起混淆一事，作出上述回应。
儿童长者必要情况下允堂食
他指出，霹州政府支持联邦政府采取的行动。换言之，霹州政府是允许各年龄层的食客进入食肆堂食，惟多番强调是在必要的情况下，才让儿童或长者进入食肆堂食。“人民必须理解冠病疫情或会蔓延，若我们身体不适及处在人流聚集地方，受促戴口罩、维持社交距离及勤以肥皂洗手。若我们理解防疫措施，基本上是可以进行许多事情。”他强调，以上是霹州政府的官方声明，希望人民掌握正确的消息
