Restaurant Allowed To Operate From 18.00-00.00, DKI Satpol PP: If You Lie About Operating Hours, We Can Know

Head of DKI Satpol PP Arifin/PHOTO: Diah Ayu/VOI

JAKARTA - The government allows restaurants in regencies/cities that implement PPKM Level 3 and Level 2 to operate from 18.00 until midnight or 00.00 local time.

Head of DKI Satpol PP, Arifin, emphasized that restaurants and cafes that choose to operate at night cannot open their businesses since morning. This is because the operation of business premises that have been open since the morning is limited to 21.00 WIB.

If they lied to the authorities about operating hours, Arifin said the officers would definitely find out during surveillance.

"If they lie, there are many sources that we can get. The technique is easy for us to find out. We already understand very well. Whether they enter through the back door or the side door, then gives the impression that the lights are turned off, locked, but inside there is activity, we have understand very well," said Arifin at DKI City Hall, Wednesday, September 22.

Arifin said that easing the choice of operating hours provides an opportunity for cafe managers, especially those that operate at night, to open their businesses for a longer time.

However, this opportunity should not be followed by a violation of operating hours or by limiting the number of visitors.

"Even though it was extended until 00.00 hours, the visitor limit is still there. The maximum is only up to 50 percent. Then there is a distance setting," said Arifin.

"Then there is the obligation to provide health protection to visitors. Health protocols must be carried out. At the time of entry, the PeduliLindung application must be run," he continued.

For information, in areas that implement PPKM Levels 3 and 2, the implementation of eating/drinking activities in public places at food stalls/warteg, street vendors, hawker stalls and the like are allowed to open with strict health protocols until 21.00 local time.

Then, restaurants/restaurants, cafes with locations located in buildings/shops or open areas either in separate locations or located in shopping centers/malls are allowed to open until 21.00 local time using the PeduliLindung application.

Then, restaurants/restaurants, cafes with operating hours starting at night can operate with operating hours from 18.00 to a maximum of 00.00 local time using the PeduliLindung application.

The maximum provision for visitors to eat is 50 percent of the capacity and the maximum meal time is 60 minutes, which is technically regulated by the regional government.