SINGAPORE - Club One Min in Concorde Shopping Mall and Jin Jin Eating House in North Bridge Road are among four food and beverage outlets ordered to close for breaching safe management measures (SMM) after stepped-up inspections during the Chinese New Year period.
Thirteen outlets were also fined for breaching these measures, and 234 people were fined for failing to follow safe distancing at parks and beaches, the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) said on Wednesday (Feb 24).
Second offender One Min was found to have allowed gatherings of more than eight people, and provided hostesses who intermingled with patrons on Feb 19.
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234 people fined for flouting COVID-19 measures at parks, beaches during Chinese New Year period
Twenty people were caught gathering in one group at Changi Beach Park. (Photo: National Parks Board)
24 Feb 2021 01:55PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: A total of 234 people were fined for flouting COVID-19 measures at parks and beaches across two weekends during the Chinese New Year festive period.
These individuals were fined S$300 each for breaches that included gathering in groups of more than eight people and intermingling between groups, said the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment on Wednesday (Feb 24).
Government agencies have stepped up checks on food and beverage (F&B) outlets and public spaces during the Lunar New Year period.
During this period, four F&B outlets were ordered to close, while another 13 were fined for breaching safe management measures (SMM).
234 individuals were also penalised for breaching SMM at parks and beaches.
Four F&B outlets close
One outlet was closed for breaching SMM allowing gatherings of more than eight, while three were closed for allowing diners to consume alcohol after 10.30pm:
1.Club One Min
(Concorde Shopping Mall, #02-100)
Club One Min was found to have allowed gatherings of more than eight individuals, and provided hostesses who intermingled with patrons on Feb. 19.