Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu said the state government would discuss with the local authorities the need to limit the hours of the centres in Perak.

“To me, the situation in Perak, especially in Ipoh, is still under control. If there are people (at the entertainment centres) until late at night, it is not affecting public order.

“I will get feedback from the local authorities before implementing (the move) or not,” he told reporters after launching the Darul Ridzuan Literary Award Presentation Ceremony and the Nusantara Night in conjunction with the Ninth International Folk Poetry and Song Festival here last night.

Faizal was commenting on whether there was a need to emulate DBKL in its proposal to limit the operating hours of outlets in Kuala Lumpur to 1am.

Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad however said a small number of these centres would be given special permission to operate until 3am or 5am.

He said DBKL would also start enforcing the regulation on entertainment centres which operate later than 1am by January next year.