ICA Says SHN Clearly States SHN Starts from Day of Return; BKT Lover Says It’s the Next Day

You’d know about Bak Kut Teh Lover by now: he’s a guy who loves BKT so much, he went out of his house during his SHN period just to have a bowl of the hot soup that has now landed him in hot soup.

But that BKT lover has never claimed that he breaks the SHN; instead, he insists that he thinks the SHN starts on the next day.

Which doesn’t make sense but anyways.

ICA has now come out to say that BKT lover is wrong.

BKT Lover’s Story

By now, you should know that the authorities are very strict about SHN—follow our instructions or follow us to jail.

And people like us understand, because all it takes is one irresponsible fellow to break the rules and we’d all be on lockdown the next day.

But then, there are some people like the BKT Lover who follows the rules only to avoid punishment.

According to him, he had claimed that he thought the SHN starts the next day, and even alleged that someone in the airport said that to him, too.

Which is a damning accusation.

But anyways, ICA has kind of responded.

ICA Says SHN Clearly States SHN Starts from Day of Return

According to The Straits Times, a few returning people apparently had the same misconception, too.

Their claims?

An “officer” told them that it would start “the next day”.

Which doesn’t make any sense at all because that’ll give the returnee a chance to be the next Patient 31—which defeats the purpose altogether.

It’s like buying chicken rice without the chicken and without the rice.

In response to The Straits Times, ICA states that “it is clearly stated in stay-home notice forms that the period starts the day of one’s return to Singapore.”

The person would have to read through it and sign on it.

Also, according to an old version of the SHN, it’s indeed clear that it starts on the day and not on the second day.

We’re not the one who underlined the sentence, which explains why ICA uses the words “clearly stated”.

So is BKT Lover just trying to test the system by using that “he said one leh” tactic? If so, he’s clearly not been through the usual NS experience.

And for all you guys who’re returning to Singapore: now you know you can’t anyhowly liao.