29 May Reports in Mandarin reveals possible date for motor traders to re open.
The 378-member Singapore Vehicle Traders Association that had sent letter to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loon, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Soon Keat and Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan, might have some hopes of opening in end june according to a report in mandarin.
Up to five people will be allowed for dining in per table at food and beverage outlets, social interactions or family visits during Phase 2 of Singapore’s reopening, said the co-chair of the multi-ministry COVID-19 taskforce Lawrence Wong on Thursday (28 May).
Speaking at a virtual media conference, Wong said Phase 2 could happen before the end of June if the COVID-19 infection rates over the first two weeks of June remain low and stable.
Singapore is gearing up for the post-circuit breaker period and gradually reopening over three phases. During Phase 1, from 2 June onwards, the government expects 75 per cent of the economy to resume operations.
“Phase 2 entails the resumption of a wider range of activities, and we expect almost the entire economy to reopen by the start of Phase 2, and the broad items that we are looking at for resumption of activities…will include, for example, retail shops and consumer services,” said Wong.
When asked at the conference on the reasons to set the cap at five people, Wong said, “There is really no magic number. You can set two, you can set five, you can set a 10. And you will look around the world, you will find different countries setting different numbers. We think that five is a reasonable balance, looking at the assessment of risk and…the situation that we are in today.”
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