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Family KTV owners petition to separate themselves from nightlife operators
The group sees a need to separate themselves from nightclubs and KTVs with hostesses
Photo: FB screengrab/7th Heaven KTV & Cafe
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Singapore – “We are not the same. We do not have hostess(es),” said a group of family karaoke businesses in their petition to be unclassified as nightlife operators and allow them to operate with safe management measures.
A petition through change.org was created by nine family KTV owners requesting authorities to give them a separate classification from the KTV lounges currently linked to the largest active Covid-19 cluster in Singapore.
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Mr Frank Per, who owns Sing My Song Family Karaoke at Paya Lebar Quarter Mall, hopes his business, now an F&B outlet, can pivot back to being a nightspot soon.
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It has been more than 15 months since nightclubs and karaoke outlets went silent, forced to shut after coronavirus infections first surged in Singapore.
There was some hope in November last year when a pilot programme was mooted for two nightclubs and 10 karaoke outlets to reopen, but this was put on hold in January after a spike in cases.
The nightlife industry has been brought to its knees because of the pandemic, but there is some hope now with Singapore s vaccination programme ramped up and community infections down to a trickle.