马新咖啡茶业联合总会拿督何子孟 表示，由于目前不允许营业至午夜，因此巴生谷的餐馆正在失去生意。在吉隆坡和雪兰莪午夜过后，很多事情都取决于生意。成员们呼吁州政府允许咖啡店和餐馆恢复到正常的营业时间，因为该国的经济状况非常糟糕并影响了咖啡店和餐馆。咖啡店和餐馆的协会呼吁雪兰莪州政府和联邦领土部允许雪兰莪州和吉隆坡的餐馆营业至深夜，这是在马来西亚实施运动控制令（MCO）之前允许的。拿督何子孟指出有些顾客由于工作时间而在午夜后来到咖啡店和餐馆，并强调在目前的营业时间下，巴生谷的餐馆必须在晚上11点之前关闭。 马来西亚于3月18日首次实施MCO，MCO经历了多个阶段，进入了现阶段，即恢复运动控制命令（RMCO），该命令定于8月31日结束。 An association representing local coffeeshops has called on the Selangor government and Federal Territories Ministry to allow eateries in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur to operate past midnight, as was allowed before the movement control order (MCO) was imposed in Malaysia.Datuk Ho Su Mong, president of the Malaysia Singapore Coffeeshop Proprietors’ General Association, reportedly said eateries in the Klang Valley are losing business as they are currently not allowed to operate past midnight. “On the KL and Selangor side, a lot depends on business after midnight. Members are appealing to the state government to allow coffeeshops and eateries to revert to their normal operating hours as the economy of the country has been very bad and have affected us.“If this continues, many businesses will close. We do not want our members to close down,” he was quoted saying by local daily The Star, projecting that 2,000 food outlets would have to be shuttered if the economic conditions now continue. He noted that some customers come to coffeeshops and eateries after midnight due to their working hours, highlighting that restaurants in the Klang Valley have to close by 11pm to clean up under the current operating hours. According to The Star, Ho highlighted that other states such as Pahang have allowed eateries to resume their usual operating hours.Malaysia first imposed the MCO on March 18, with the MCO going through several phases to its current phase known as the recovery movement control order (RMCO) which is scheduled to end on August 31. The Star said that restaurants can operate from 7am to 12am during the RMCO.
