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KUALA LUMPUR: The government is studying a proposal to allow interstate travel between parklands in the states under the conditional movement control order (CMCO).
Chief Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said an example were Langkawi and Sabak Bernam, which are green areas but are located in states under CMCO.
“So, for example, (with this proposal) the Sabak Bernam people can go on vacation to Langkawi. But we must discuss the detailed SOPs.
“How are people from Sabak Bernam going to travel to Langkawi? Perhaps the police can send them a letter, showing that they really come from Sabak Bernam, not from Klang, for example, “he said today at a press conference.
He said this was aimed at boosting domestic tourism, adding that another proposal was to relax the limit of three people in a car for green areas.
However, he said the Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture was instructed to work with other relevant ministries and agencies to come up with a more detailed proposal.
Ismail also said that teachers in East Malaysia who wish to return to the peninsula, and vice versa, can do so with the permission of the police, as the end of the year school holidays are approaching.
It will also propose to the Ministry of Education to hold talks with the police to make it easier for teachers to travel back home, especially since many have not returned to their places of origin since the school term began.
The minister said Putrajaya was working to toughen security measures for foreign workers, including extending mandatory Covid-19 controls for them in sectors other than construction and security.
However, he said the Human Resources Ministry will have to clarify some details before making any announcements, adding that there are currently an estimated 1.7 million foreign workers in the country.
“They have made me understand that around a million of them are Socso contributors and that it can give wage subsidies. But we have to find out who will pay the remaining 700,000, ”he said.
He said Putrajaya was also studying how the movement of migrant workers could be limited to prevent them from infecting other communities, particularly as they lived in crowded accommodation that increased the risk of transmission.
He also said that the police will establish more barricades and deploy additional personnel to monitor compliance with SOPs in order to curb Covid-19 infections.
