The Ministry of Health (MOH) recently announced the closure of all 26 Hua Zai outlets across Singapore.

On June 1, MOH said it was investigating cases of Covid-19 infection among individuals working at Hua Zai outlets, which sell Hong Kong style roasted meat.

Investigations indicated that there is likely an ongoing transmission among these employees.

All Hua Zai outlets were to remain closed to the public from June 1 for 14 days, and will reopen on June 15.

Same name

However, members of the public have noticed that several Hua Zai outlets are still in operation.

A Mothership reader shared a photo of one outlet located at Block 201 Tampines Street 21 that was still operating.

The photo was taken on June 4.

Some Hua Zai outlets are also available for food delivery on GrabFood.

When Mothership went down to the Tampines Street 21 outlet to clarify the situation, the stall holder revealed that they are unrelated to the 26 other Hua Zai outlets that MOH ordered to close.

There are around six to seven other Hua Zai outlets that are still operating, and these are owned by a different boss.

This is despite them having the exact same name as the 26 Hua Zai outlets.

The stall holder assured that they did not receive any orders from MOH mandating for them to close.

Different management

In response to Mothership's queries, MOH confirmed that other Hua Zai outlets remain open as they are franchised outlets under different management from the 26 closed outlets.

MOH's investigations found that staff from the 26 affected outlets are not cross-deployed at the franchised outlets.

Here's the full list of the 26 closed outlets owned by three different companies, as provided by MOH:

Hua Zai Eating House Pte Ltd

• 23 Hougang Avenue 3, #01-277, S(530023)
• 10 Telok Blangah Crescent, #01-141, S(090010)
• 22 Havelock Road, #01-669, S(160022)
• 153A Serangoon North Avenue 1, #01-462, S(551153)
• 892C Woodlands Drive 50, #01-02, Multi Park, S(732892)
• 446 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, #01-1653, S(560446)
• 925 Yishun Central 1, #01-249, S(760925)
• 455 Sengkang West Avenue, #01-01, S(790455)
• 21 Hougang Street 51, #01-48, S(538719)
• 506 Bukit Batok Street 52, #01-91, S(650506)

Hua Zai Food Farm Pte Ltd

• 26 Jalan Membina, #01-01, S(161026)
• 308 Anchorvale Road, #01-07, S(540308)
• 476D Upper Serangoon View, #02-05, S(537476)
• 527C Pasir Ris Street 51, #01-01, S(513527)
• 408 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, #01-805, S(560408)
• 346 Jurong East Street 31, #01-71, S(600346)
• 514A Bishan Street 13, #01-480, S(571514)
• 742A Tampines Street 72, #01-01, S(720742)

Hua Zai Food Holdings Pte Ltd

• 2A Eunos Crescent, #01-2431, S(401002)
• 827 Tampines Street 81, #01-128, S(520827)
• 325 Clementi Avenue 5, #01-155, S(120325)
• 18 Boon Lay Way Road, #01-98, Tradehub 21, S(609966)
• 347 Bukit Batok Street 34, #01-252, S(650347)
• 150 Bukit Batok Street 11, #01-246, S(650150)
• 631 Bedok Reservoir Road, #01-982, S(470631)
• 138 Tampines Street 11, #01-116, S(521138)

Shin Min Daily News reported on June 4 that the three companies mentioned above are registered at the same address, and that one individual appears to be a shareholder of all three companies.

Top photo by Jinghui Lean