Written By : Imran
PETALING JAYA: Youth and sports minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu has asked health minister Khairy Jamaluddin whether gyms and outdoor sports will be allowed to resume after the announcement that cinemas could reopen from tomorrow.
Taking to Twitter, Faizal said these sports sectors could be allowed to reopen with strict SOPs in place, adding that many business operators in the industry were at their wit’s end.
“Cinemas opened? Gyms and outdoor sports? Please, YB Khairy, there needs to be wisdom in our decisions.
“The youth and sports ministry has proposed that outdoor field sports and gymnasiums be opened. The power is with the National Security Council (MKN). I hope the health ministry supports this,” said the Bersatu deputy president.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that cinemas would be allowed to open in all states for fully vaccinated movie-goers, but only at half capacity, from Sept 9.
In a statement on SOP relaxations for the creative industry, Ismail said allowing more of the sector to operate would benefit more than a million artistes and more than 19,000 businesses.
