May 21, 2021
The group intermingling without masks on Dec 26 last year when social gatherings were limited to five people.
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SINGAPORE - Eight British work pass holders who flouted Covid-19 rules when they took part in an unlawful gathering on a yacht off Lazarus Island last year have been banned from working in Singapore, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (May 20).
They were in court on Thursday, where they pleaded guilty to an offence under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act and were each fined $3,000.
Annabelle Morgan Duke, 26, Philip Edward Knatchbull Holmes, 27, Mark Alexander Bellamy, 29, Amy Georgina Hunt, 30, Thomas Cuthbert Williams-Jones, 30, Oliver Francis William Campbell, 31, Benjamin David Waters, 32, and Amy Alexandra Stewart, 32, were part of a group of 10 people who had boarded the craft on Dec 26 last year.
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SINGAPORE: Eight people, who broke COVID-19 regulations by gathering with two others on Boxing Day last year, were fined S$3,000 each on Thursday (May 20).
The eight British nationals had partied with two others on a yacht near Lazarus Island and pleaded guilty to exceeding the maximum group size limit allowed for gatherings during that period.
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At the time of the offence on Dec 26, 2020, Singapore was in Phase 2 of its reopening. A limit of five people was imposed on gatherings outside their homes.
Singapore News - Eight work pass holders from Britain who flouted Covid-19 rules here when they took part in an unlawful gathering on a yacht off Lazarus Island last year have been banned from working in Singapore, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said yesterday. In court yesterday, they. Read more at www.tnp.sg
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Briton in unlawful gathering on yacht near Lazarus Island banned from working in S pore
Briton Amy Grace Ropner was one of 10 people who had boarded the craft on Boxing Day.PHOTOS: KELVIN CHNG, BU HUI YAN/FACEBOOOK
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