马新咖啡茶业联合总会敦促雪兰莪州政府和联邦直辖部允许餐厅恢复到Covid-19以前的时间。拿督何子孟补充说，协会成员一直在呼吁州政府允许咖啡店和餐馆恢复正常营业时间。 他在周六（7月18日）说：“如果这种情况持续下去，许多企业将关门。” 拿督何子孟估计，如果当前的经济形势持续下去，总共将有2000名食品经营者倒闭。 他说：“午夜过后，很多夜生活都会发生。由于工作时间的原因，有些人在午夜后才去咖啡馆和餐馆。” 他补充说，目前，餐馆必须关闭并在晚上11点开始清理。 他说：“这一小时对餐馆老板来说意味着生意，因此我们呼吁政府允许我们恢复到正常的营业时间。 The Malaysia Singapore Coffee Shop Proprietors' General Association has urged the Selangor state government and the Federal Territories Ministry to allow restaurants to return to their pre-Covid-19 hours. "In some states like Pahang, they (restaurant operators) have been allowed to revert back to their normal operating hours," said its president Datuk Ho Su Mong, who added that in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, many coffee shops and eateries depend on business after midnight. In the recovery movement control order (MCO), restaurants are allowed to operate from 7am to midnight. He added that association members have been appealing to the state government to allow coffee shops and eateries to revert back to normal operating hours. "If this prolongs, many businesses will close," he said on Saturday (July 18). Ho estimated a total of 2,000 food operators would close down if the current economic climate continues. "After midnight, a lot of nightlife happens. Due to their working hours some people come to coffee shops and eateries after midnight," he said. Ho added that currently, restaurants have to close and begin cleaning up by 11pm. "That one hour can mean business for restaurant owners, so we appeal to the government to allow us to revert back to our normal opening hours," he said.
