The second day of circuit breaker measures implemented by the government saw 3,000 advisories issued to members of the public.
A total of 10,000 advisories were issued in the last two days. The majority of these advisories were issued in hawker centres, markets and across HDB public spaces.
While the second day has seen a decline in number of advisories, Environment and Water Resources Minister and chair of the SG Clean Taskforce Masagos Zulkifli warned that this was partly due to the fact that groups dispersed when advised.
In a Facebook post on Apr. 8, he said:
"The point is that there are still many gatherings in public places. This is very worrying."
That will change from today, where written warnings will be issued, before dispersing the groups.
"From tomorrow if Enforcement Officers come across persons gathered in public, they will issue them written warnings immediately, BEFORE dispersing them. Subsequent infringements will incur a fine or prosecution in court."
So gatherings like this should not happen.
Masagos warned that if Singaporeans continue to be flippant about the new measures, the budget set aside to combat the economic downturn would be wasted.
"Today we saw a record 142 new cases. Almost all were local ones. We are already 2 days into the circuit breaker! If we continue like this, all our sacrifices will be in vain, and so too the $5bn Solidarity Budget."
Here's his full post.
Image from Masagos Facebook post