According to reports, the majority of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Penang chapter members’ factories will cease operations for the first two days of the scheduled water supply disruption which will take place from Wednesday to Sunday (10-14 January) and will be on stand-by on the third day.

FMM Penang chapter chairman Datuk Seri Lee Teong Li stated that this was based on feedback received from members’ factories, including the small-medium enterprises (SME), through a survey. He added that while factories had to store water supply for 48 hours, the water supply was only for normal use and not the daily operations.