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DISAPPOINTMENT and frustration. This was the overwhelming sentiment felt by food and beverage (F&B) operators, following the announcement that social gathering and dine-in numbers will be reduced to two for a month starting Monday.

Revenue fell 60 per cent the last time the two-person rule was implemented, said Gursheel Dhillon, head of public relations at Eclectique Concepts, a company which owns brands such as Gabbar Bistro & Bar, Latin American cafe and bar Cuba Libre and Indonesian restaurant Nusantara Singapore.

"People are going to cancel reservations we've taken months to rebuild,' said Ms Dhillon.

Dellen Soh, chairman and chief executive officer of Minor Food Singapore, said: "We have the highest vaccination rates in the world and we are talking about living with Covid. We thought our lives were back to normal, with over 90 per cent of patients basically asymptomatic or (experiencing) very mild symptoms.

"I'm sure the taskforce has its reasons. They probably want to make sure things don't blow up, but it seems quite harsh for businesses."


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Dun complain when most always praise the authority is doing a good job.Its inevitable and accept the fact inflation is not good for all!
With the restaurants with fewer customers, where do the crabs go?
stupid gov

ding dong

dine out
sports
all are safe

those working ones colleagues are not safe
tell me any clusters from sports
dine out

stupid idiots
(25-09-2021, 05:52 PM)pinkypanther Wrote: [ -> ]DISAPPOINTMENT and frustration. This was the overwhelming sentiment felt by food and beverage (F&B) operators, following the announcement that social gathering and dine-in numbers will be reduced to two for a month starting Monday.

Revenue fell 60 per cent the last time the two-person rule was implemented, said Gursheel Dhillon, head of public relations at Eclectique Concepts, a company which owns brands such as Gabbar Bistro & Bar, Latin American cafe and bar Cuba Libre and Indonesian restaurant Nusantara Singapore.

"People are going to cancel reservations we've taken months to rebuild,' said Ms Dhillon.

Dellen Soh, chairman and chief executive officer of Minor Food Singapore, said: "We have the highest vaccination rates in the world and we are talking about living with Covid. We thought our lives were back to normal, with over 90 per cent of patients basically asymptomatic or (experiencing) very mild symptoms.

"I'm sure the taskforce has its reasons. They probably want to make sure things don't blow up, but it seems quite harsh for businesses."


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Many F&B outlets and restaurants will go belly up soon.
FTs are very rich, even CECA too.

They definitely can contribute much much more than us.
(25-09-2021, 08:35 PM)debono Wrote: [ -> ]Many F&B outlets and restaurants will go belly up soon.
Clapping
just make sure to charge the 2 person double price or cut their portion of food lor... I am sure all the F&B bosses are really good at it.
There is of course a more precise way which is to only close off biz where infection persons had visited. But that will take a lot of data mining thru the trace together and issue accordingly. Then some biz will complaint why others can dine 5 when they can only dine 2. Then how to enforce?

So administratively consistent will be to close off dining for 5 for at least 2 weeks to see how the infection number works out. We cannot have the entire workforce shifted to be social distancing officer, swabbers and enforcement personals... It's ridiculous to do small steps to curb a spread. You need preemptive strike and then precision tweaks thereafter.

Also, if covid continues to mutate and doesn't downgrade to a harmless flu as we move into another winter season, govt and biz must really go back to drawing board to determine what is the new normal... It's a good change to have people stay at home to dine, less night life and social craps. Less office and retail... More conversion of office to residential.
hmmmm