MARKET-GOERS at Batu Lancang market continue to practise social distancing when buying their groceries and daily needs.
They stood in the yellow boxes that were drawn on the floor of the market.
Outside, frontliners and volunteers from the Village Community Management Council (MPKK) screened body temperatures of visitors before allowing them to enter the market. Social distancing was also observed.
Batu Lancang assemblyman Ong Ah Teong said the authorities would allow about 50 people to be in the market at any one time.
“We have Rela and other frontliners ensuring the market-goers practise social distancing while in the market.
“We have a special lane for senior citizens and frontliners such as nurse, police, and army to buy their groceries.
“We understand that the queue may sometimes be long. We hope that the public can bear with the situation.
“We are doing our best to control the crowd,” Ong told Buletin Mutiara at the market today.
Jelutong MP R.S.N. Rayer said the Batu Lancang market was among the markets in Penang that received praises by the authorities for good crowd management.
“The market is often visited by frontline workers who are given the priority to enter. The public can also get their supplies easily due to the good crowd control,” he said.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, Ong and Rayer visited the market and distributed face masks to the traders today.
Chow was happy to see that Penangites continue to obey the movement control order (MCO).
He also bought some vegetables from the market.
After visiting the market, the elected representatives gave out face masks to the hawkers at the Batu Lancang hawker centre.
Story and pix by Christopher Tan
Video by Alissala Thian
