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I opened the restaurant of my dreams in January, jumping at the opportunity because of favourable rent when we took over what was previously an ailing nightclub venue in a prime downtown area.
The past six months have naturally been full of highs and lows, with challenges ranging from pivoting to delivery to the usual ironing out of kinks in any new operation.
Moments after the revised regulations came out last week (not even a week after we had painstakingly revised our dining floor plan to seat groups of five), we were visited by plain-clothes members of the Singapore Police Force (SPF), asking us to shut down our business operations by 10pm on a busy Friday night.
We were given less than an hour to do so. When I probed further, I received three responses - "Haven't you seen the new regulations?", "Didn't SFA (Singapore Food Agency) send you a message?" and "You are on the list that I have".
The police officers then handed us a flier and walked off. I looked at the flier only to realise that it was addressed to "nightlife venues that pivoted to F&B establishments".
I did not close my restaurant that Friday night because it was clear that the actions were a result of incorrect information.
More at https://tinyurI.com/m9esz7c9
The past six months have naturally been full of highs and lows, with challenges ranging from pivoting to delivery to the usual ironing out of kinks in any new operation.
Moments after the revised regulations came out last week (not even a week after we had painstakingly revised our dining floor plan to seat groups of five), we were visited by plain-clothes members of the Singapore Police Force (SPF), asking us to shut down our business operations by 10pm on a busy Friday night.
We were given less than an hour to do so. When I probed further, I received three responses - "Haven't you seen the new regulations?", "Didn't SFA (Singapore Food Agency) send you a message?" and "You are on the list that I have".
The police officers then handed us a flier and walked off. I looked at the flier only to realise that it was addressed to "nightlife venues that pivoted to F&B establishments".
I did not close my restaurant that Friday night because it was clear that the actions were a result of incorrect information.
More at https://tinyurI.com/m9esz7c9