There are total of 240 people being fined for not complying safe distancing measurement and another 120 fined for not wearing masks outside of their home – As per posted by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli on his Facebook
That would be $10,800 being collected solely just for fined not adhering the rule.
He has also informed that there were long queues at several markets again this weekend. At 8am this morning, there were around 200 people queuing at Geylang Serai Market, and the average waiting time to get into the market was at least 30 mins. Meanwhile, at Tekka Market there was no queue, and at 505 Jurong West, the queue was short and fast-moving, and it took less than 10 minutes to get into the market. With the crowd, Masagos is worry that it is possible it could result in another COVID-19 infection cluster
This crowd might probably this is due to the weekend thus there are more people going out to buy their essential.
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Anyway, he have advice all of us to stay alert in this battle against such a contagious disease. That’s the reason why you see more Enforcement Officers (EOs) and Ambassadors have been out there managing crowds and ensuring safe distancing at these markets.