3 Orchard Road F&B outlets ordered to shut for 20 to 30 days for repeatedly flouting Covid-19 rules

• Four food-and-beverage outlets were ordered to close between 10 and 30 days
• Eleven people were fined for breaking Covid-19 rules at F&B outlets
• A total of 63 people were fined at parks and beaches

SINGAPORE — Three food-and-beverage (F&B) outlets along Orchard Road have been ordered to shut — one of them for 30 days — for repeatedly breaching Covid-19 Covid-19 safety regulations, the authorities said on Tuesday (May 4).

The outlets — Club Peaches at Concorde Hotel and Shopping Mall, Alive@SG Pub at Lucky Plaza and Tangmen Restaurant at Orchard Plaza — were caught during enforcement checks by government agencies over the weekend.

A fourth outlet, Club Empire at Orchard Plaza, was also ordered to close for 10 days for its first offence of flouting safety regulations, the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) said in a statement.

Another 10 outlets across the island were fined between S$1,000 and S$2,000 each for offences including seating groups of customers less than 1m apart and allowing customers to play dice games.

Eleven individuals were also fined for breaking Covid-19 rules at F&B outlets, including two at Tekka Centre who were fined S$300 each for failing to wear a mask when they were not eating or drinking, despite repeated warnings from enforcement officers.

In addition, 63 individuals were fined at parks and beaches managed by the National Parks Board (NParks), for gathering in groups of more than eight and for entering areas closed off to the public.

MSE advised members of the public to check for crowds on the Safe Distance@Parks portal at safedistparks.nparks.gov.sg before heading to parks and to refer to the NParks website for the latest advisories for gardens, parks and nature reserves.

OUTLETS CLOSED

1. Club Peaches

The club at Concorde Hotel and Shopping Mall on Orchard Road had allowed gatherings of more than eight people and failed to minimise interaction between employees and customers.

It was ordered to close for 30 days from May 3 to June 1. Nine customers were also issued fines of $300 each. 

The club is a repeat offender and had previously been ordered to close for 20 days in February.

2. Alive@SG Pub 

The pub at Lucky Plaza on Orchard Road had allowed customers to play dice games on April 30, which is an offence under Covid-19 laws. It was ordered to close for 20 days from May 1 to 20.

The pub is a repeat offender and had previously been ordered to close for 10 days in April. 

3. Tangmen Restaurant 

The restaurant at Orchard Plaza on Orchard Road had served alcohol to customers after 10.30pm on April 30. 

It was ordered to close for 20 days from May 1 to 20.

The restaurant is a repeat offender and had previously been ordered to close for 10 days last December.

4. Club Empire

The club had allowed intermingling between different groups of customers and was ordered to close for 10 days from May 2 to 11.

OUTLETS FINED

Eight outlets were fined S$1,000 each for breaking Covid-19 rules, including seating groups of customers less than 1m apart, playing videos for customers and providing dice games.
 
Two others, which were repeat offenders, were fined $2,000 each for seating groups of customers less than 1m apart.

They were: 

• Beastro at Punggol East (second offence)

• Kin Kao Mai Thai Restaurant at Punggol East (second offence)

• Miami Bistro at Punggol East

• Hai Bin Punggol along Tebing Lane

• Cable Car 1890’s Saloon along Cuppage Road 

• Five Tapas Bar at Cuppage Terrace

• Hermess 8 along Koek Road

• Herbal Bar at Raffles Place

• LOL Bar along Prinsep Street

• Shun Fa Restaurant along Pagoda Street in Chinatown

DISINFECTION OF PLACES VISITED BY TTSH CLUSTER CASES

Twenty-six public premises that were visited by cases linked to the growing Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster while they were infectious have undergone deep cleaning and have been disinfected, MSE added.

“Officers from the National Environment Agency (NEA) were deployed to closely monitor the cleaning and disinfection works, to ensure that they were performed in accordance with NEA’s guidelines,” the ministry said.

MSE reminded all businesses to step up their cleaning standards and keep up good hygiene practices such as cleaning areas with high contact points more frequently.

“The resurgent waves of infection in overseas countries are sobering reminders of the potentially devastating threat posed by the pandemic,” it said.