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to appreciate their class more and focus more during class. Other than that, it also shows how teachers or lecturers deliver their lectures successfully in a way that best helps the students to understand. It is a new thing to be done since all these while, the class was done manually and students need to go to school or class for them to learn. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students, teachers, and also lecturers are able to learn new things and this shows that though the country is facing difficulties, it does not mean that education cannot continue. The education system is not the only area that suffers from the lockdown, people at work are facing the same difficulties, too. Because of RMO, most of the companies in the country cannot operate normally and they needed to start working from home. Companies need to adapt to this change as fast as they can because everything has to be done online. Meetings, for instance, must be done through an online platform. This could be an advantage to the younger generation, but for the older generation, this change might be a challenge for them since their generation is not used to the technology even though the majority of them use smartphones and laptops. That being said, a lot of the senior employees tend to struggle to work from home because it requires some of them to learn things from scratch. Nevertheless, senior employees need to learn new things in order to follow and keep up with the pace for them to get their work done. During this pandemic, most people use online platforms such as Webex, Google Meet, and also Zoom for them to conduct a meeting. Usually, senior employees will face a problem learning how online meetings are done as it is the only medium for them to get the information that they need. The change of working pace due to the spread of this virus made them do things out of their habits and pushed them to learn new things. In this digital age, mobile phones, email, and social media are the new communication tools that help people to communicate effectively. Online communication tools might look easier but somehow it does limit the way people work and communicate since not all things can be done online. The change can be seen in daily business operations which have also embraced the online sphere in order for them to continue with their business. There are many platforms that sellers can use to market their products and make sure that they are doing well. This method might be effective for those who live in the city but for people who live in a rural area, an online business can be hard for them. This is because people in rural areas prefers direct selling methods instead of going online as it is easier and in addition, not everyone has the resources to have an online business. Even though it seems ineffective for online businesses to be done in a rural area, this can be one of the methods for sellers to market their products to be known by other people and improve their sales. In addition, according to Executive Director of Micro Entrepreneurship Academy Sdn Bhd Abd Azharee Abdul Wahid, selling items by using an online platform is the most suitable way to be done during this time. By going online, sellers can make sure that their item, especially food can easily reach the buyer within the expected time. In order to ease the process, there will be a person in charge to send the item or food to the customer and it is convenient because people do not need to go out to get the item that they want anymore. SASARAN EDISI 82 42 “I am asking all heads of departments to hold discussion at their respective departmental level to rearrange manpower in their departments with priority given to the concepat of working from home.” Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Malaysia Prime Minister