ALOR SETAR: The ferry service from Kuala Kedah here to Langkawi will be suspended for two weeks following the implementation of the enhanced movement control order (MCO) in Kuala Kedah today.

       Konsortium Ferry Line Ventures Human Resources and Operation manager Baharin Baharom said this followed the closure of the Kuala Kedah Ferry Terminal from Sept 6 to 19.

       The public can use the ferry service at Kuala Perlis in Perlis.

       “Passengers to and from Langkawi can use the ferry service to Kuala Perlis at 11am and from Kuala Perlis to Langkawi at 1 pm.

       “The ferry consortium which is operating one trip daily, could increase its frequency if there is a demand,” he said in a statement here yesterday.

       He said passenger capacity at any one time is only 50% of the total seats available in the ferry.

       He said passengers who have bought tickets from Langkawi to Kuala Kedah or from Kuala Kedah to Langkawi, can get their refunds for tickets purchased via email.

       “Apart from that, they can also claim their refunds at the ticket counters or exchange them for the journey from the Kuala Kedah Terminal to the Kuala Perlis Terminal,” he said.

       Yesterday, National Security Council (MKN) director-general Datuk Rodzi Md Saad announced the implementation of the enhanced MCO in two zones at a Kuala Kedah sub-district following the spread of Covid-19. — Bernama