Singapore orders 10 non-essential businesses to close after they flout rules


Businesses are closed in Singapore's Pagoda Street near noon on April 7, 2020.- ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Ten businesses that do not provide essential services have been told to cease operations after they were found to have remained open during the circuit breaker period that began on Tuesday (April 7) and will go on until May 4.

In a joint statement on Wednesday, Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said that these businesses included traditional Chinese medicine retail establishments, wellness and beauty product shops, money changers, mobile phone retail shops, consumer electronics retailers, kitchenware stores and stationery shops.

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