PM Lee’s announcement on 24 March of the loosening restrictions starting on 29 March—no mask mandate outdoors and a 10-person cap, among other relaxed measures—was met with an uproar of joy and excitement from the whole country.
If you’ve been living under a rock, here’s a summary of what to expect tomorrow (29 March):
Now, there’s even more to be excited for, especially for hawker centre and market patrons and stall-owners.
Removal of Fencing
The red fishnet temporary fencing in the hawker centres and markets to better facilitate social distancing measures will now be removed, which, according to Senior Minister Dr Amy Khor, is for “greater accessibility and convenience”.
The stickers to identify vaccinated individuals will also no longer be in use.
Dine-in Without Checks
In addition, people can now dine-in in groups up to five without vaccination checks, which will help with the operational costs of hawker centres.
However, partially vaccinated or unvaccinated people still cannot dine-in. Instead of vaccination checks for all patrons, random spot checks will be conducted by safe distancing enforcement officers from the NEA and SFA, and unvaccinated individuals found to be dining in will face legal consequences.
However, these unvaccinated individuals are still allowed to take away food from the hawker centres, coffee shops and markets.
Previously, coffee shops and hawker centres had to submit proposals on differentiated measures to be able to cater up to 5 pax, which was largely seen as not worth the hassle. Now, 5-pax of diners can dine in without SFA approval.
However, despite the fact that restrictions have now opened up to 10 pax, coffee shops will have to apply to and submit a proposal to the SFA to cater to 6-10 people in a group. Coffee shops with existing SFA approval can start catering to 10-pax groups starting Tuesday.
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Happy Hawkers
Hawkers have been shown to be extremely welcoming of this new change in restrictions, especially for stalls selling zi char, which are Chinese dishes that are meant to be shared among big groups.
The representatives from the Hawker Associations were also reportedly very supportive of the new measures, and look forward to the surge in customers in light of the easing restrictions—especially with the removal of the temporary fencing.
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Featured image: NEA