The movement control order, issued by the government to control the spread of the coronavirus disease, was enacted so quickly that some people are still unclear about the restrictions imposed. While car companies immediately shut down their service centres across the country, third-party workshops were left in the dark until after the start of the order on Wednesday itself.
That was when the National Security Council clarified that vehicle servicing was classified as a non-essential service. What that meant was that businesses that offered such a service would be allowed to open, but at a “minimum capacity” that was not specified.
Thursday brought greater clarity as the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) and Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) both said that workshops are only allowed to be open from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, while the Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) decreed that these establishments are only be allowed to stay open until 1:00 pm. As for the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS), it announced that workshops would be allowed open from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
As usual, customers and business owners can call their local city and municipal councils to find out their respective opening hours. Of course, you should still hold off any repairs unless absolutely necessary – otherwise, you should just stay home.
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Just shut all.. for another 1 week…
clean up all, no excuses ..Hope we can start work faster.
if keep open up for non essentials, then no point we all stay at home.
my G20 330i up for next service , under warranty.
The most essential service now is delivery service directly to the front gate – cooking grocery, food & drink. The demand doubles for this service lately, you may see soon some grabcar drivers trying to convert their service to food delivery
Cannot get spare parts so what’s the point of going to the workshop!?
Pertaining to car workshop allowed to operate; what about MPSJ?TQ
The information is wrong here. For Selangor, operating hours should be 9am to 4pm. Editor please take note.
Spare part shops not open also no use.
Doctors and nurses with broken-down vehicles;
Broken-down vehicles with workshop mechanics;
Mechanics with spare-parts shops closed.
This is the spiraling problem during a Restricted Movement Order.
Do have DBKL information that workshop can operation under KL area? Tq