Calefare 1: Eh, what do you think will happen if I get caught a second time for not wearing a mask?
Calefare 2: Based on my experience with getting fined for IPPT default, the second time should be $500, right?
That’s what you think.
Calefare 1 & 2: What- Who’s there?!
You don’t have to care about who I am. Just know that if you get caught a second time, you’ll be fined $1,000.
Calefare 1 & 2: Don’t bluff. We are Singaporeans. We know our country best.
What has that got to do- You know what? Never mind. Because I’m not the one that said it. It’s your own minister that said it.
Mr Masagos Zulkifli
Mr Masagos Zulkifli is the Minister of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR).
While the Ministry of Health (MOH) provides daily updates on the Covid-19 cases in Singapore, our dear minister here provides updates on the number of people getting fined for breaking safe distancing measures.
Yeah, he’s like the discipline master of Singapore nowadays.
At Least 2 People Now Fined $1,000 For Breaching Circuit Breaker Rules Twice
On 18 Apr 2020, Mr Zulkifli uploaded a Facebook post to update Singaporeans about the status of the circuit breaker, disciplinary-wise.
Almost 200 people were issued with fines for not complying with safe-distancing measures on 18 Apr, he said.
And at least two of them were “repeat offenders” and will face a composition fine of $1,000.
Officers Getting Abused Is Unacceptable
As elevated measures kick in, more safe distancing enforcement officers, ambassadors and even police officers are facing backlash from the people.
An enforcement officer was headbutted by a 40-year-old man when he tried to stop him from playing basketball in a closed-off multi-purpose hall.
Another trio of ambassadors was cussed out by a couple when they were approached and told to stop eating at a hawker centre.
As of Thursday, the police has received 12 of these cases, he says, which is “disappointing and unacceptable”.
“As a community, we must demonstrate zero tolerance towards such acts of violence against our Enforcement Officers and Ambassadors, who are working hard on the frontline to protect us.”
He warns that the authorities will not tolerate such acts and they’ll come down hard on anyone doing such things.
He added that a man has already been charged in court for “using criminal force” against a Safe Distancing Ambassador.
Don’t Confront, STOMP Instead
There has been a disturbing trend of “online heroes” going around as vigilantes to “safeguard Singapore” with their mobile phones.
He urges members of the public, when seeing people who breach safe distancing measures, to not go up and confront the culprits.
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Instead, use the #OneServiceApp to report their actions.
Their officers, he assures, will do their best to “address the matter”.
He added that a majority of Singaporeans are doing a great job adhering to the measures put into place by Singapore and he hopes we will continue to do so.
