Kiwi boss of Clarke Quay restaurant fined for working here illegally
February 25, 2013 - 1:17am
By: Judith Tan
TNP PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
The founder and director of New Zealand-themed restaurant Fern & Kiwi Bar and Eatery in Clarke Quay turned out to be an illegal worker.
Mr Shane Hausler was fined for working illegally and hiring foreigners without work visas when he opened his restaurant in Singapore last year.
Mr Hausler, who has since left Singapore, did not have an Entrepreneur Pass or EntrePass, introduced in 2004 to allow foreigners to start and run their businesses in Singapore.
This was not the first time the restaurant had got into trouble with the law here.
Three days before its official debut here on Sept 5 last year, staff from the restaurant had staged a flash-mob-style Haka -- the traditional Maori ancestral war cry and dance -- at Orchard Road without a proper public-entertainment licence from police.
