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SINGAPORE – A restaurant in Chinatown has been ordered to suspend operations after a checkpoint after midnight on Saturday (September 5) found that customers were consuming alcohol after the 10:30 p.m. restriction
Wang Zi Chu Fang also failed to ensure that diners were limited to groups of five and a one meter gap was left between them, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said in a statement on Sunday (September 6).
The joint venture between STB and the Singapore Police found that the restaurant had provided customers with drinking games, which food and drink establishments cannot do without an entertainment center license.
The establishment was fined in July for violating safe handling measures.
The STB also issued $ 1,000 fines to Bistro Du Le Pin in Orchard Plaza and Wang Dae Bak in Amoy Street for failing to ensure that customers were kept at a safe distance.
Enterprise Singapore (ESG) said in a separate statement on Sunday that it had fined five restaurants and a beauty salon for disobeying safe management measures, following a raid last month.
New Udon Thai Food at the Golden Mile Complex was fined $ 2,000 for failing to guarantee one meter space between groups of diners, its second offense since June.
King of Fried Rice and Leng Saap @ Rot Fai Market at Golden Mile Tower and Little Myanmar Restaurant and Yanant Thit at Peninsula Plaza were each fined $ 1,000 each for the same crime.
The Mei Mei Beauty salon at People’s Park Complex was fined $ 1,000 after it was found to offer threading services where the thread was held in the esthetician’s mouth. This practice is currently not allowed, ESG said.
If these companies continue to break the rules, they can face higher fines, suspension and even legal charges, the agency warned.
Under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act, first-time offenders can be fined up to $ 10,000 and jailed for up to six months, while repeat offenses can incur a fine of up to $ 20,000 and imprisonment for up to 12 months. .
When The Straits Times visited the Golden Mile complex at dinner time yesterday, crowds were seen at restaurants, including New Udon, although the groups remained at a maximum of five.
In its statement, ESG urged companies to play their role in keeping staff and customers safe amid the Covid-19 pandemic, for example by intervening when customer groups intermingle.
Citizens must also be socially responsible and comply with the measures implemented in establishments, he said.
Additional reporting by Mark Cheong
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