SATO Auto-ID Malaysia Covid-19 Responses

SAM – MCO -Phase 1 Responses as of 27.06.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Phase One of Movement Control under the National Recovery Plan (NRP), which is scheduled to end by 28th June 2021, will be extended, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said phase one has to be extended as the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has not dipped below the threshold value of 4,000 required to move to the next phase. He also added that the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) imposed in any area in the state would be enforced more strictly.

In view of this latest announcements of MCO extension, please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider. While adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP, only 20% of SATO workforce will be working physically at office and remaining staff who does not require physical attendance, Work From Home (WFH) directive shall apply.

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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SAM – MCO Responses as of 11.06.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that the National Security Council made the decision on the Health Ministry’s recommendation to extend the FMCO for 2 more weeks, starting from 15th June 2021 till end on 28 June 2021. Throughout this period, all sectors are not allowed to operate except for essential services and economic sectors which are permitted to do so.

In view of the Lockdown Order, please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider.(Please refer to the latest approved letter by MITI to SAM – CIMS as per attached below )

While adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP, only 20% of SATO workforce will be working physically at office and remaining staff who does not require physical attendance, Work From Home (WFH) directive shall apply.

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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SAM – MCO Responses as of 28.05.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

As you are aware, on 28th May 2021 (Friday), the Prime Minister Office had announced a total lockdown with full closure of social and economic sectors “Lockdown Order” with effect from 1st June 2021 (Tuesday) until 14th June 2021 (Monday) nationwide to curb the spread of COVID-19 infection in Malaysia. Throughout this period, all sectors are not allowed to operate except for essential services and economic sectors which are permitted to do so.

In view of the Lockdown Order, please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider.(Please refer to the latest approved letter by MITI to SAM – CIMS as per attached below)

While adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP, only 20% of SATO workforce will be working physically at office and remaining staff who does not require physical attendance, Work From Home (WFH) directive shall apply. [Refer the latest SOP on the Movement Control Order (MCO) from MKN]

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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SAM – MCO Responses as of 22.05.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Following after the special meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) was held, the council has agreed to tighten the implementation of MCO 3.0 which is currently in place. Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Health Director General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah during a press conference has announced on the latest SOP to tighten restrictions on social activities and some economic sectors in an effort to curb the surge in Covid-19 cases in the country. Inter-district and inter-state travel is strictly prohibited but only allowed for emergency reasons or for work purposes, nationwide. [Refer the latest Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on the Movement Control Order (MCO) from Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN)].

All economic sectors are allowed to operate and operating hours for all businesses in the economy sector will be reduced to 8am – 8pm effective from 25th May 2021 onwards. Only hospitals and medical institutions will be allowed to operate for 24 hours.

Please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider. While adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP, only 25% of SATO workforce will be working physically at office and remaining staff who does not require physical attendance, the Work From Home (WFH) directive shall apply.

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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#Avoid3C #Practice3W

SAM – MCO Responses as of 11.05.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced that the whole of Malaysia will be placed under the Movement Control Order (MCO) from 12th May till 7th June 2021, in a press statement this evening, as the country grapples with rising Covid-19 infections.

Since all economic sectors will be allowed to operate, please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider. While adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP, only 30% of SATO workforce will be working physically at office and remaining staff who does not require physical attendance, the Work From Home (WFH) directive shall apply.

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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#Avoid3C #Practice3W

SAM – MCO Responses as of 04.05.2021 & 05.05.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Following up to the Health Ministry report on the surge in new Covid-19 cases, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced Movement Control Order for six (6) districts in Selangor (Hulu Langat, Petaling, Gombak, Klang, Kuala Langat & Sepang) starting from 6th till 17th May 2021 and Kuala Lumpur starting from 7th till 20th May 2021. Remaining three districts in Selangor (Kuala Selangor, Sabak Bernam & Hulu Selangor) will remain under Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO).

Please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider (Please refer to the letter of approval by MITI to SAM – CIMS as per attached below). We are adhere to the MITI & MKN SOP. Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :

General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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#Avoid3C #Practice3W

SAM – MCO, CMCO & RMCO Responses as of 02.03.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Making the announcement during a press conference on Tuesday on March 2nd 2021, Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said these areas; Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang will be reinstated to Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) from March 5th until March 18th. Meanwhile, the states of Kedah, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan, Sarawak and Perak will remain under CMCO.

Additionally, Malaysia will relax the COVID-19 restrictions for other areas of the country, with Melaka, Pahang, Sabah, Terengganu, as well as the federal territories of Putrajaya and Labuan being placed under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) which was originally under the movement control order (MCO).

Meanwhile, several states with a decreasing trend in daily Covid-19 infections such as Kedah, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan and the federal territories of Putrajaya and Labuan will go under CMCO and Perlis under RMCO. He also added added that inter-district travel would now be permitted in all states except Sabah. Interstate travel is still prohibited.

Please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider. We adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP (Refer latest CMCO SOP’s as attached). Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :

General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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#Avoid3C #Practice3W

SAM – MCO, CMCO & RMCO Responses as of 16.02.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Referring to latest announcement by Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob, MCO will be extended from 19th Feb till 4th March 2021 in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang due to the high number of cases recorded for the past few weeks.

Meanwhile, several states with a decreasing trend in daily Covid-19 infections such as Kedah, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan and the federal territories of Putrajaya and Labuan will go under CMCO and Perlis under RMCO.

Please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider. We adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP. Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :

General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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#Avoid3C #Practice3W

SAM – MCO, CMCO & RMCO Responses as of 11.01.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as of 11th Jan 2021, has announced tighter measures to contain the spread of Covid19 with the recent four-digit daily jump in cases in this country. MCO will be re-implemented from 13th to 26th January 2021 in Selangor, Federal Territory (Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya & Labuan), Penang, Malacca, Johor and Sabah. Whilst CMCO will be implemented in Perak, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan, Kedah and Terengganu, and RMCO in Sarawak and Perlis.

Please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual as we fall under essential service provider (Please refer to the letter of approval by MITI to SAM – CIMS as per attached below) for your reference.

Adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP, only 30% of the workforce will be working physically at office and remaining staff who does not require physical attendance, the Work From Home (WFH) directive shall apply. Whereas inter-State & inter-District travelling only be allowed for work purposes.

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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SAM – CMCO & RMCO Responses as of 02.01.2021

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Latest announcement by Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob, CMCO has been further extended for another 2 weeks,
scheduled from 1st Jan till 14th Jan 2021 due to the high number of active cases in affected areas. The existing CMCO will be implemented in all districts in Selangor with the exception of Sabak Bernam, Hulu Selangor and Kuala Selangor; CMCO in these three districts has been be lifted as per scheduled on 6th Dec 2020.

The CMCO in all districts in Sabah as well as Johor Bahru and Batu Pahat has also been extended until 14th January 2021. Besides that, it was also announced that the nationwide RMCO will be extended till 31st March 2021.

Please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual adhere to the latest MITI & MKN SOP. Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
#StayConnectedWithSATO

SAM – CMCO Responses as of 18.12.2020

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Following to the recent announcement by Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Sabah due to the risk assessment from the Health Ministry, who feels that the Covid-19 figures in the states are still at a high. CMCO will be extended from 20th Dec till 31st Dec 2020.

For Selangor, the order applies to all districts except for Sabak Bernam, Hulu Selangor and Kuala Selangor which has returned to recovery MCO on 6th Dec 2020.

In other states, CMCO has also been extended to 31st Dec as for the following districts: Seremban and Port Dickson districts in Negri Sembilan; Johor Baru, Batu Pahat and Kulai districts in Johor; Mukim 12 and Mukim 13 in Penang, as well as Ipoh and Chemor in Perak.

Please be informed that SAM shall be operating as usual. Our staff who needs to travel within district/ inter-district for work has been furbished with ‘Official Letter to work’ & MITI Approval letter.
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SAM – CMCO Responses as of 05.12.2020

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Sabah will be extended for another 14 days from 7th Dec till 20th Dec 2020, except these three districts; Sabak Bernam, Hulu Selangor and Kuala Selangor. Once CMCO is lifted these districts will fall under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO).

SAM – CMCO Responses as of 07.11.2020

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Senior Minister (Security Cluster), YB Datuk Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob in his announcement on November 7, 2020 informed that the Special National Security Council (Majlis Keselamatan Negara) Meeting has decided to allow all economic sectors in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Selangor, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor and Terengganu to continue operations during this Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) period on condition that there is strict compliance to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

While Klang Valley, Putrajaya and Selangor, CMCO will be extended for another 28 days, effective from 9th November 2020 till 6th December 2020. Enforcement activities during this period would be tightened in view of the rise in Covid-19 cases in these states. Movement in and out across CMCO areas is not allowed except for work purposes.

Please be informed that SAM will be operating as usual. Our staff who needs to travel within district/ inter-district for work has been furbished with ‘Official Letter to work’ & MITI Approval letter.

Furthermore, in the effort to provide a safe and conducive environment at the workplace, all staffs are reminded to abide by the ‘COVID-19 RETURN TO WORK WORKPLACE PROCEDURE (SOP)’ that has been prepared by Business Continuity Plan’ (BCP) team.
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SAM – CMCO Responses as of 26.10.2020

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Refer to the announcement made today on 26th October 2020 regards to the extension period of Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) due to the increase in number of COVID19 in Malaysia. CMCO has been extended to another 2 more weeks starting from 27th October 2020 till 9th November 2020. Please be informed that our business operation will operate as usual and our staff working arrangements shall remain following to the earlier SOP guidelines.

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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#StayConnectedWithSATO

SAM – CMCO Responses as of 12.10.2020

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

Due to COVID19 cases spike off in central region recently, Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) has been enforced for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya starting from 12.01am on 14th October 2020 till 27th October 2020. Please be informed that SAM is approved to operate as usual throughout CMCO by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as we are part of the supply chain provider in essential services (Refer the below attachment).

SAM – CMCO Response as of 07.10.2020

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

The government recently has announced the enforcement of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in another four areas namely Sandakan, Tuaran and Papar in Sabah and Klang, Selangor effective two weeks starting from 9th October 2020. This was due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.

SATO has make some arrangements for those workers who resides in this identified affected areas, or commuting to work from these locations and management has allowed them to work remotely from home. The rest of our operations will continue as normal and adhere strictly to current SOP.

Following up to Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) that has urged all companies in Malaysia to register their details on COVID-19 Intelligent Management System (CIMS) 3.0, please be informed that SATO has registered our self. Therefore, we would like to encourage our suppliers to follow suit and get yourself registered on the system via https://notification.miti.gov.my . This registration is pivotal to ensure the companies’ workers movement and operations are well-monitored by the authorities throughout the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) period.

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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SAM – MCO Response as of 29.04.2020

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

As the Movement Control Order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19 enters its Phase 4 starting from 29th April till 12th May 2020. SATO has implemented a number of actions through our Business Continuity Plan. Our dedicated BCP team are striving hard to ensure every aspect of business needs will be taken care off. We would like to inform that SAM has obtained approval from MITI to resume operation as of 27th April 2020.

Thus, rest assured that our team remains operational and stand ready to render any necessary assistance during this challenging period. However, we also seek your kind understanding and patience for any delays in goods delivery due to unavoidable circumstances. Meanwhile, please stay strong and stay safe while maintaining social distance.

Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us :
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]
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#StaySafeStayHome

SAM – MCO Response as of 14.04.2020

Dear Valued Customers, Business Partners & Suppliers,

In accordance to the announcement by YAB Prime Minister of Malaysia on the extension of MCO period from 15th April till 28th April 2020 as for Phase 3.

SATO truly understand our customers struggles & we are committed to ensure continuous support. Therefore, we would like to inform that SATO is still under operation with the approval obtained from Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri Dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP) as of 30th March 2020, throughout the MCO with limited number of staffs.

While we are maintaining social distancing, the rest of the staff are remotely supports the operation virtually. Having in mind that our stakeholders safety and well-being are our utmost priority and concern. For further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
General and Sales Support –
Email: [email protected]

Technical Service Support –
Hotline: +603 5569 4579 / WA: +6012 494 4977
E-mail : [email protected]

Please stay connected with SATO during this challenging time since we all are adhere to abide the restrictions and safety measures aligned under MCO. We shall continuously monitor the current situation and provide further updates if any. Thank you for your continuous support and understanding.
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SAM – MCO Response as of 18.03.2020

In line with YAB Prime Minister of Malaysia recent announcement on 16th of March 2020, he has officially promulgated the restricted activities order under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 and the Police Act 1967 due to global pandemic of Covid19. Therefore, effective from 18th March till 31st March 2020, Malaysia officially has implemented the Movement Control Order (MCO) for Phase 1. This involves closure of of all government and private premises except those involved in essential services only.

Considering on the impact of business activity and operation due the temporary operation closure; SATO has commenced ‘Business Continuity Plan’ (BCP) and started to initiate and implement a number of activity & action plans to ensure the safety of our stakeholders & our business activity are sustained during this challenging time.

Following up on this urgency, SATO has applied and obtained an approval from Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri Dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP) as of 24th March 2020, to continue operation throughout the MCO with limited number of staffs; while taking all the necessary precautionary measures and abide to all the rules & regulations set by the government.

While this approval is still valid for the extended MCO under Phase 2 which starts from 1st April – 14th April 2020.
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Latest CMCO SOP’s by MKN as of 150321