Headline 1,856 CONTRACTORS GET GREEN LIGHT TO OPERATE MediaTitle New Straits Times Date 23 Apr 2020 Color Full Color Section Local News Circulation 36,278 Page No 6 Readership 108,834 Language English ArticleSize 399 cm² Journalist N/A AdValue RM 13,754 Frequency Daily PR Value RM 41,262 OVER 19,000 APPLICATIONS 1,856CONTRACTORS GET GREEN LIGHT TO OPERATE Those given tractors include those whosepro- jectsare belowRM200,000 and approvalmust those notexceeding RM500,000, respectively. strictlyadhereto Fadillah said 13 categoriesof projects had been allowedtore- rules, says minister Works sume, namely those which did Minister notrequiremanyworkersonsite, DatukSeri maintenance and construction KUALA LUMPUR Fadillah works that had achieved 90 per- Yusof cent of progress and critical TOTAL of 19,077 con- speaking works to ensurethe safety of con- struction companies at apress struction structures like slope and those from the in- conference in works, tunnels, bridges and Adustry had appliedto Putrajaya viaducts,and land surveys. operateduring the Movement yesterday. He said all professional ser- Control Order (MCO), Works Min- BERNAMA PIC vicesrelatedtoconstruction and isterDatuk Seri Fadillah Yusof projectmanagement,including said. poration SdnBhd, the owner of Construction IndustryDevelop- approving paymentsfor However, he said, the Interna- the massrapid transit projectin ment Board, OccupationalSafety construction work in progress, tionalTrade and IndustryMin- the Klang Valley. and Health, Public Works and Ir- would be allowedtoresume op- istryrejected7,387 applications “MRT’sapplicationispending rigation and DrainageDepart- erations. and allowedonly1,856 contrac- since the Construction Industry ments,would monitor the situ- He said contractors mustmake tors to operate. Development Boardhas notgone ation and actasenforcement au- surethey minimisethe number He said those giventhe ap- through it yetfor approval,”he thoritiestoensureeveryone toed of workersonsitebyatleast half proval were told to strictly adhere told apress conference that was the line. of what they originallyhad. to the MCO rules. He said they broadcastlive on television sta- “Anyconstruction company “Companiesmustalsoprovide were alsowarnedagainst exploit- tions. found to have breachedany of the their workerswith basic facilities ing the situation following the He said the EastCoast Rail Link MCO ruleswill be blacklistedand such as clean workers’ quarters government’s decision to allow projectthat wastemporarilyhalt- even charged in court.” and transportation to and from several pocketsofthe construc- ed wasnot among the companies Fadillah said small construc- the work site, monitor their tion industrytoresume opera- that appliedtoresume opera- tion companiesunder the G1 and movement and regulategood hy- tions during the MCO. tions. G2 categorieswereamongthose giene practicesand social dis- He said among the applications Fadillah said the Works Min- prioritised to resume operations tancingamongthe workersas that were being reviewed by the istry, along with the Local Gov- during the MCO. precautionarymeasures against government wasfromMRT Cor- ernment and Housing Ministry, The G1 and G2 category con- Covid-19.”.