KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): PLUS Malaysia Bhd has extended its assistance to rest area business operators by a further three months, from August to October.

       The aid extension, which includes rental waivers and reductions, also covers its temporary business operators.

       All traders in the north- and south-bound Gelang Patah Rest and Service Areas (R&R) will receive full monthly rental waivers, considering the impact of the temporary closure of the Malaysia-Singapore border, the highway operator said in a statement on Thursday (July 8).

       It is also providing a two-week waiver on the monthly rental for R&R business operators who are affected by the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in Selangor.

       In an effort to provide business continuity to help the R&R business operators, the company is looking into payment plans including a waiver of late payment charges.

       The same assistance has also been extended to the business operators based at Lebuhraya Pantai Timur 2 (LPT2) in Terengganu.

       Since last year, PLUS has granted its R&R traders rental relief due to the impact of interstate travel restrictions.

       The highway toll operator’s head of strategic stakeholder engagement Syed Mohammed Idid said PLUS has consistently been assisting R&R business operators since the first movement control order in March 2020.

       “To help our business operators adapt to the disruption brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, we have provided online training for them to use technology in their business in the new normal,” he said. – Bernama