The Retail industry has suffered tremendously in the past 16 months with sales plummeting to record lows – with sales down between 50% to 80% with each round of tightened restrictions. The ongoing pandemic and constant calls to stay home have eroded consumers confidence and gravely limited shopper traffic and sales, and yet retailers continue… View Article

With the growing clusters, the Government is further tightening community safe management measures by going back to Phase 2 (Heightened Alert). This will take effect from 22 July through 18 August 2021. Attached is the table of community SMMs. Key updates to take note: Permissible group sizes for social gathering is now reduced to a maximum of… View Article

As a follow-up to Friday’s announcement, attached is the updated advisory on Safe Management Measures for F&B. Key things to note Dine-in groups dialled back to 2 persons per group As an option, F&B establishments can offer dining for up to 5 persons if they are able to set in place the necessary systems and conduct… View Article

As announced at MTF, we need to act quickly to contain the spread of the virus in our community. There will be a tightening of selected Safe Management Measures in Phase 3 (Heightened Alert) from 19 July to 8 August 2021. Details in attached Annex A. In particular, enterprises should take note of the following: Work-from-home… View Article

As announced at MTF, we need to act quickly to contain the spread of the virus in our community. There will be a tightening of selected Safe Management Measures in Phase 3 (Heightened Alert) from 19 July to 8 August 2021. Details in attached Annex A. In particular, enterprises should take note of the following: Work-from-home remains… View Article

Updated safe management measures from 12 July 2021 Following the two stages of gradual reopening to Phase 3 (Heightened Alert) on 14 June and 21 June 2021, we will continue to calibrate the resumption of more economic and community activities. See Annex A for the list of the community measures. Key updates to take note:… View Article

On 5 July 2021, Minister for Finance Mr Lawrence Wong delivered a ministerial statement outlining support measures amid the easing of some COVID-19 restrictions. Key update to take note: Support Measures for Phase 2 and Phase 3 (Heightened Alert). The calibrated approach during these two phases focused on high-risk activities in indoor settings. The additional… View Article

Mandatory FET Regime for Personal Care Services (PCS) establishments As announced earlier, all staff who work in settings with unmasked clients/patrons and/or have prolonged and close contact with clients when performing services will be placed on the Fast and Easy Testing (FET) regime, using tests such as antigen rapid test (ART). We are going to… View Article