Questioning authenticity of claims on 100 budget hotels in Sarawak had closed done or were wound up.

I had questioned the authenticity of the figures given to the public by former chairman of Sarawak Chapter of Malaysia Budget Hotel Association which alleged that there are 100 local hotels are closing down or going to close down. I have also asked if a survey had been carried out on this matter and I need to check on this. 

If it is true…I would say this is alarming. If it is not true, then I am wondering why a former Sarawak Chapter of Malaysia Budget Hotel Association is giving wrong information to the public and I have questioned where is the present chairman. 

The Movement Control Order #MCO #PKP is just about two months and the Sarawak Central Region Hotel Association chairman, Johnny Wong had denied that about 100 budget hotels in Sarawak had closed down or were being wound up. According to him, he have not heard about any hotel closing down and even right now in Sibu, he have not heard of any hotel closing. 

This issue had arised after a national nespaper had recently reported that “over 100 hotels in Sarawak had closed down or are in the midst of being wound up since the movement control order (MCO) came into force on March 18. The news report had also quoted the former chairman as saying that most of them were forced to close down for good as they failed to get discounts on rental from their landlords.