SINGAPORE: The parent company of an Encik Tan food outlet in the Orchard Road area was fined S$4,000 on Tuesday (Jan 11) for failing to ensure that diners’ chairs were spaced at least 1m away from those at other tables.
Fei Siong Food Management was given the penalty after a representative pleaded guilty to one count of breaching a COVID-19 control order.
Fei Siong, which has more than 150 outlets across Singapore, had been given eight composition or out-of-court fines for previous contraventions of control orders at its other outlets.
The court heard that enforcement officers from the Singapore Tourism Board went to the Encik Tan outlet at 313 Somerset at about 7.50pm on May 14 last year.
The officers observed the area for about five minutes before taking measurements of the distances between the chairs of some customers.
During those five minutes, there was no attempt by the management to check on the 1m requirement, the prosecutor said.
The officers’ checks revealed…