The government has started the implementation of controlling crowding in markets.
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If the last digit of your NRIC is an odd number, you can only enter on odd dates of the month, and if the number is even number, you can only enter on even dates of the month
Example:
Alex’s NRIC last digit is 5 (odd number)
Today’s date is 21st (odd Number)
Alex can enter the market today.
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The four markets that will be affected is
- Geylang Serai Market
- Chong Pang Market at Block 104/105 Yishun Ring Road
- Block 20/21 Marsiling Lane
- and Block 505 Jurong West Street 52
Start off with wet markets, popular Supermarkets next
Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development said
“We will start with wet markets and we will do this also in other popular areas like supermarkets in order to thin out the crowds and reduce transmission risk in these areas,”