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48 nightlife and public entertainment outlets caught breaching rules; 103 people arrested

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SINGAPORE – Forty-eight public entertainment and nightlife outlets, some of which were unlicensed, were caught for breaching various rules during multi-agency islandwide enforcement checks between April 19 and June 14 this year.

The police, in a statement on Monday (June 27), said seven of the outlets had flouted Covid-19 regulations.

The breaches included failing to minimise physical interactions between customers and non-customers, failing to implement a system of checks for vaccination-differentiated safe management measures, and not ensuring patrons wore masks while indoors.

The other outlets breached regulations such as the Public Entertainments Act 1958 and the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015.

The checks, which took place at 1,543 outlets across the island, were carried out by the police, the Singapore Tourism Board, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Enterprise Singapore, Singapore Food Agency, Singapore Land Authority, Sentosa Development CorporationĀ and JTC Corporation, as part of efforts to ensure a safe resumption of nightlife business here.

Four closure orders and six composition fines of $1,000 each were issued to operators for breaching safe management measures, while unmasked patrons were given composition fines ranging from $300 to $1,000.

A total of 71 men and 32 women, aged between 16 and 52, were arrested for various offences such as being members of unlawful societies, possession of offensive weapons in a public place, causing annoyance while drunk and working without a valid work permit.

Twenty-seven of the women were arrested for allegedly working at nightlife establishments as freelance hostesses by providing companionship and drinking with patrons without a valid work permit.

The women, who were of Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese nationalities, were aged between 24 and 53.

The police added that on May 14 this year, an outlet within a shophouse inĀ Jalan Besar was found to have been furnished with five private rooms equipped with karaoke systems, speakers, microphones and televisions.

Patrons were allegedly permitted to sing karaoke in these rooms even though the operator did not possess a valid public entertainment licence, said the police, adding that the operator is under probe.

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