This archive report was first published on 14 June 2020.
On June 12, 2020, the government warned restaurant owners operating past 4pm that their licenses of operation would be withdrawn permanently.
However, in a sudden change of heart, Health CAS Dr Rashid Aman announced that the operation hours for restaurants have been extended to 5pm.
Dr Aman stated that further discussions are ongoing and any changes will be communicated accordingly.
“Before I wind up I want to comment on a question that came up yesterday, and the question was with respect to the opening hours of restaurants and eateries now that the curfew time has been moved up from 7pm to 9pm,” Dr Aman said.
He added, “I think our response was that there were instructions that were to follow as to the opening time for restaurants. We anticipated that because the curfew has been moved up, naturally hours of operations in restaurants and eateries will equally be pushed up. For now the closing ours for restaurants is 5pm,”
