17 food and drinks outlets penalized for safety breaches

These establishments have broken safety and crowd management measures during the Lunar New Year period.

Four food and beverage outlets have been ordered closed, whilst 13 have to pay fines of $1000 each for breaching safety management measures during the Lunar New Year period.

The restaurants set for closure are Club One Min, Food Park Coffeeshop – Stall 8, Jin Jin Eating House, and 200 HCM Food as they allowed gatherings of more than eight individuals and allowed diners to consume alcohol after 10:30 p.m.

Thirteen other establishments have been issued a fine of $1000 each for failing to prevent intermingling between groups of customers, and for having seating arrangements less than one metre apart.

A total of 234 individuals were also fined $300 for holding public gatherings of more than eight people on 13, 14, 20 and 21 February in parks and beaches managed by the National Parks Board.

These safety and crowd control measures are currently in place to curb the transmission of COVID-19.

“We would also like to remind members of the public that the limit of eight unique visitors a day for each household remains in place. Individuals should also limit themselves to visiting at most two other households per day. For the tossing of yusheng, masks must be worn and the lo hei should be done without any verbal exhortations,” the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment said in a statement.

The ministry added that the government will continue to enforce checks at food and beverage premises, parks, malls and other potential gathering hotspots over the weekend.