Covid-19: First Phase of National Recovery Plan Extended; New Movement Control Regulations and General SOPs Issued

30 June 2021

1. Food and beverages including animal feed
2. Healthcare and medical care including dietary supplement, and veterinary services
3. Water
4. Energy
5. Security, defence, emergency, welfare, and humanitarian aid
6. Solid waste management and public cleansing and sewerage
7. Transport by land, water or air
8. Port, dock and airport services and undertakings including stevedoring and transferring of cargo, pilotage, storing or bulking commodity
9. Communications including media coverage, telecommunications and internet, broadcasting for the purpose of delivery of information, news and the like, and postal and courier
10. Banking, insurance, takaful and capital market
11. Community credit including pawnbroking
12. E-commerce and information technology
13. Production, refining, storage, supply and distribution of fuel and lubricants
14. Hotel and lodging for the purpose of quarantine, isolation, workers’ lodging in essential services, and not for tourism
15. Construction, critical maintenance and repair works
16. Forestry services, limited to enforcement, and wildlife
17. Logistic, limited to delivery of essential services
18. Production services

1. aerospace (component and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO))
2. materials for packaging and printing in relation to food and beverages and healthcare and medical materials
3. personal care goods and cleaning materials
4. healthcare and medical products including dietary supplement
5. personal protective equipment including rubber hand gloves and fire safety equipment
6. components for medical devices
7. electrical and electronics goods
8. oil and gas including petrochemical and petrochemical products
9. machines and equipment in relation to medical treatment and health services and food and beverages products
10. textile for the production of personal protective equipment
11. fuel and lubricants

19. Agriculture, fisheries and husbandry
20. Farming and commodity, limited to palm, rubber, pepper and cocoa
21. Major public infrastructure construction works
22. Building construction works that provide complete workers’ accommodations on construction sites or centralized labour quarter
23. Construction works of small scale project by G1 and G2 contractors
24. Trading and retailing

1. basic essentials, personal care and animal care
2. laundry including laundrette, spectacles and optical shop and hardware shop
3. petrol station including retail store at petrol station
4. car workshop, maintenance and spare parts
5. wholesaling and distribution for essential services products

1. No person shall move from one place to another place within any infected local area, from one district to another district within any infected local area, or from one infected local area to another infected local area, except for the following purposes–

1. to purchase, supply or deliver food, beverages, medicine, dietary supplement or daily necessities;
2. to seek healthcare or medical services, Covid-19 detection test, immunisation or emergency treatment;
3. to purchase any goods or procure any essential services, other than to purchase food, beverages, medicine, dietary supplement or daily necessities or to seek healthcare or medical services, Covid-19 detection test, immunisation or emergency treatment, from any provider of essential services;
4. to provide any essential services or perform any duty in relation to any essential services;
5. to perform any official duty, judicial duty or any other duty authorised by an authorised officer;
6. to provide humanitarian aid to any person affected by any natural disaster;
7. to attend learning or to prepare and sit for any examination determined by the relevant authority at any learning institution or by any professional body, to provide lessons for the preparation of examination, to conduct an examination or to perform any duty at any learning institution; and
8. for a special or particular reason.

2. Entry into, or exit from, a place that is subject to an enhanced movement control order is prohibited except for any person who is providing healthcare and medical services or is permitted by an authorised officer.
3. No person shall participate or be involved in any procession.
4. No person shall gather or be involved in any gathering in any premises within any infected local area whether for religious, sports, recreational, social or cultural purposes. However, a person may gather or be involved in a gathering for religious purpose or funeral ceremony subject to any directions issued by the Director General of Health (“Director General”).
5. The Movement Control No. 4 Regulations also specify conditions applicable to the permitted movements. A person–

1. moving for the purpose of purchasing food, beverages, medicine, dietary supplement or daily necessities must restrict his movement to a place within a radius of not more than 10 kilometres from his residence, or to a place nearest to his residence which is outside the 10-kilometre radius if such products are not available at a place within the 10-kilometres radius, and may be accompanied by one family member staying in the same house;
2. moving for the purpose of supplying or delivering food, beverages, medicine, dietary supplement or daily necessities shall provide the necessary proof as requested by an authorised officer;
3. seeking healthcare or medical services, Covid-19 detection test, immunisation or emergency treatment must restrict his movement to a place within a radius of not more than 10 kilometres from his residence, or to a place nearest to his residence which is outside the 10-kilometre radius if such services are not available at a place within the 10-kilometres radius, and may be accompanied by not more than two persons;
4. moving to purchase any goods or procure any essential services, other than to purchase food, beverages, medicine, dietary supplement or daily necessities or to seek healthcare or medical services, Covid-19 detection test, immunisation or emergency treatment, shall provide the necessary proof as requested by an authorised officer;
5. moving for the purpose of providing any essential services or perform any duty in relation to any essential services shall provide the necessary proof as required by an authorised officer;
6. performing any official or judicial duty shall produce an authorisation letter from his employer, if required by an authorised officer;
7. providing humanitarian aid to any person affected by any natural disaster shall provide the necessary proof as requested by an authorised officer and may be accompanied by any other person subject to any directions issued by the Director General;
8. attending learning or performing any duty at any learning institution, shall provide the necessary proof as requested by an authorised officer;
9. sitting for an examination determined by the relevant authority at any learning institution or by any professional body, or providing lessons for the preparation of examination or conducting an examination shall provide the necessary proof as requested by an authorised officer and may be accompanied by a mother, father or guardian; and
10. moving due to a special or particular reason must obtain the prior written permission of the police officer in charge of the police station nearest to his residence.

1. Loading and unloading activities at factories to only involve the delivery and receipt of non-essential goods or cargo in the existing stockpile for purposes of import and export only from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays;
2. Loading and unloading activities involving essential goods are allowed to operate as usual with no restrictions;
3. Maintenance works at mine and quarries are allowed to be carried out subject to the SOPs for the mining sector; and
4. Banking, insurance, takaful and capital markets sectors are allowed to operate at 60% workforce capacity subject to the SOPs for the financial services sector.