Many netizens have shared with us that they were turned away at coffee shops and hawker centres even though dining in is allowed.
One of them mentioned he thought that he could finally eat out with his wife as per the rules allowing vaccinated and unvaccinated to dine-in together at hawker centres up to groups of 2.
Another said that he saw many people arguing with the staff manning the entrance and exit about why they cannot dine in even though the laws allow.
However, a quick check online with the new rulings have showed that Food and Beverage outlets have the discretion to amend the Safe Management Measures to their own preference.
We talked to a stall owner at one of these outlets, and she said that hawker centres now rather lose some businesses by controlling the dining in capacity rather than let a few black sheep ruin the whole situation and go into another closure again.
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