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Businesses in ‘deep despair and disrepair'

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October 22, 2021

Latest extension of curbs could lead to more closures, job losses in retail sector

- ANJALI RAGURAMAN

Businesses in ‘deep despair and disrepair'

The latest month-long extension of Covid-19 curbs, following round after round of tightened curbs this year, could sound the death knell for many businesses, said retailers and retail associations.

Singapore’s front-line business community is “in deep despair and disrepair”, said the Singapore Tenants United For Fairness (SGTUFF) group in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

The group was responding to the Government’s announcement on Wednesday that Covid-19 restrictions – such as capping group sizes for social gatherings and dining in at two people – will be extended until Nov 21. In a Facebook statement, SGTUFF said the extension “will sink the boat for many of us who have been barely hanging on”.

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