Nightlife stakeholders find minister’s comments hard to swallow

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Kyo, located at the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur, has been closed since the MCO started in March. (Kyo pic)PETALING JAYA: A minister’s recent remark that “it doesn’t matter” if bars and pubs ever open again has left several stakeholders upset that the thousands of jobs and billions of ringgit the industry generates are being trivialised. Despite nearly all sectors resuming operations during the recovery movement control order (RMCO) period beginning in June, the government’s policy that it would be difficult to observe physical distancing in bars, pubs and nightclubs means these once-vibrant venues have remained shut. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali last week supported the permanent closure of such establishments, saying there was no need to “party until drunk and cause problems” in an apparent reference to drink driving. Godwin Pereir…