Restaurants opt not to seat diners due to strict rules


Ragananthini Vethasalam Aminah Farid Angie Tan

A worker arranging tables at a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Eateries are allowed to seat diners provided they set tables at least 2m apart. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, May 5, 2020.

EIGHTY percent of food and beverage (F&B) businesses opted for takeaways and deliveries despite being allowed to seat patrons in their premises under the conditional movement control order (CMCO).

Malaysian F&B Operators Alliance told The Malaysian Insight its more than 1,000 members decided not to take in dine-in customers for now and that they were comfortable with takeawats.


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