With a new MCO, there are, of course, new SOPs.
At 8pm on 31 May, MITI released a statement announcing that their ministry is in charge of giving out permission letters for the following industries to operate. They are:
- Manufacturing and manufacturing-related services,
- Commercial distribution including wholesale, retail and distribution,
- Food and beverages including essentials for animals,
- Healthcare and medical including dietary supplements, veterinary clinics and veterinary services,
- Communications including media, telecommunications and internet, post and courier, broadcasting (for the purpose of publishing information and news),
- E-commerce and information technology,
- Production, distillation, storage, supplying and distribution of fuel and lubricant, and
- Building, maintaining and critical repairing.
Companies in the aforementioned industries that have registered do not need to re-register and will be able to print out the letters starting 8pm on 31 May. For companies that are in the aforementioned industries but have not registered, they can do so on the CIMS 3.0 system starting 8am on 1 June.
MITI has added that workers in the previously mentioned industries who need to travel to work must have the following documents with them:
- The CIMS 3.0 letter from MITI, and
- A letter of employment verification from their employer or a work pass.
According to BERNAMA, new applications for work travel approval will have to be resubmitted in the CIMS 3.0 system. The letters will now contain a QR code to avoid forgery, reported BERNAMA. When scanned by PDRM officers, a pin code (that the police officers have) will be requested and after the code number is keyed in, the officer will be able to see if the letter really belongs to the letter holder.
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