SINGAPORE - Hit by significant financial losses owing to the closure of sports facilities during the two-month circuit breaker period, members of the fitness and sports industry held a dialogue with Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu last Tuesday to appeal for the venues to be opened from June 2 as Singapore gradually restarts its economy in three phases.
Zoi Yoga founder Roxanne Gan has had zero revenue in the last two months and was hoping to reopen her yoga studio at Joo Chiat soon. She has to fork out $19,000 a month in rent and utility bills, even as memberships for her 50 customers have been suspended since last month. This was reflected in a survey conducted by the group with 333 business owners, managers and investors in the private sports and fitness industry, which was presented to Ms Fu in the dialogue session.
While public and private sports facilities will remain closed in Phase 1, SportSG said that fitness operators will be allowed to return to their premises to record content for online classes, subject to approval by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He added:"We realise that the Government faces challenges in giving projections for the future, so we just hope that we are kept in the know and that our voice is heard."
The school, which has 15 full-time staff and 1,200 swimmers at Farrer Park Swimming Complex, Anglo-Chinese School and Anglo-Chinese Junior College, has been losing monthly revenue of between $40,000 and $60,000 despite rental waivers and help from the Jobs Support Scheme.
I bought a treadmill for my home, plus a bench and weights. Problem solved.
Time to open, the cb has achieved it objective... Right?
Risk assessment and logic must prevail. By now everyone should already know how easy it is to catch COVID-19. Just one person without a mask and/or tainted hands is enough to spread...
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