Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas
KUCHING (June 5): The agro-commodity sub sectors in Sarawak do not need a permit from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to operate during the current Movement Control Order (MCO) until June 14, said Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee chairman said the need to have the Covid-19 Intelligent Management System (CIMS) 3.0 approval letter from MITI for the mentioned sectors to operate does not apply in Sarawak.
“This is because in its current MCO standard operating procedure (SOP) from June 1 to 14, the state allows sectors such as fishery, plantation, farming, breeding and those related to the food chain to continue to operate but with strict compliance to all guidelines laid,” he said in a statement last night.
He was responding to a statement issued by the federal government which said only those in such sectors who had obtained the approval could operate from June 6.
The federal government also said smallholders were exempted if they operate within a 10km radius.
According to Uggah, Sarawak has many smallholders in its interior areas.
As such, he said the 10km radius ruling was impractical.
“With the MCO in place, inter-district travel is now restricted. They too will have to travel great distance and incur extra expenses if they are allowed to go to the nearest town to obtain such permit,” he added.
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