Covid-19: After over 100 days of closure, cinema operators in Malaysia ready to welcome back moviegoers | Malay Mail

One-seat gap arrangements at GCS Cinemas to ensure social distancing practices. — Picture courtesy of GSC Cinemas

Apart from the basic preventive measures, Koh said moviegoers were required to complete a digital declaration form upon entry to facilitate contact tracing.Inside the hall, Koh said they have implemented one-seat gap arrangements to adhere to the social distancing rules set by the Health Ministry.Cinema-goers are also encouraged to purchase their movie tickets online to avoid queuing at the ticketing counter.

In fact, she noted that they saw their revenue slide since early this year when the virus started its spread around Southeast Asia in January. GSC Cinemas’ new operating hours are from 1pm until 10pm , noon until midnight and 11am until 10pm . “Customers are required to check-in for contact tracing purposes via MySejahtera application prior to entry.

To ensure that the social distancing rules were followed, Yeoh said there would be alternate seating arrangements in the hall and alternate ticket and concession counters. “We believe that with the new environment and comprehensive plans in place to adapt to the ‘new normal’ where safety is a priority, the industry will recover and rebound,” he said.

Its chief operations officer Cheah Chun Wai said they have conducted the necessary housekeeping and disinfection measures over the past few days to welcome the customers into their sanitised and refreshed theatres after over three months of closure.

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