Three days before its official debut here on Sept 5 last year, staff from Fern Kiwi staged a flash-mob style Haka at Orchard Road (left) without a proper public-entertainment licence from police. Despite its run-ins with the law, Fern Kiwi continues to provide classic New Zealand-style dining.
SINGAPORE – The boss of this Clarke Quay restaurant turned out to be an illegal worker.
The founder and director of New Zealand-themed restaurant Fern Kiwi Bar and Eatery was fined for working illegally and hiring foreigners without work visas when he opened his restaurant in Singapore last year.
Mr Shane Hausler, one of five directors of the Lone Star business, was here to set up Fern Kiwi. It is the first overseas venture of the Lone Star restaurant chain in New Zealand.
Unfortunately, he did not have an Entrepreneur Pass or EntrePass, introduced in 2004 to allow foreigners to start and run their businesses in Singapore.
A Manpower Ministry spokesman confirmed Mr Hausler was “running the restaurant without a valid work pass” and “illegally employing three foreigners, including one New Zealand national, to work at the restaurant”.
“He held a Social Visit Pass, which allows tourists to stay in Singapore for a short duration but does not allow them to work here,” she said.
She confirmed that composition fines were issued to Mr Hausler and the restaurant for the employment offences, and they have been paid.
Under the law, an employer who hires foreigners without valid work passes can be fined between $5,000 and $30,000 and/or jailed for up to one year. A self-employed foreigner working without a valid work pass faces a fine of up to $20,000 and/or jail for up to two years.
Tourist visa but he still worked here
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