Police: Permit is needed to stage flash mob
inSing.com, 17 Sep 2012
A restaurant in Clarke Quay has been questioned by police after it staged a flash mob on Orchard Road without authorisation.
Fern & Kiwi, a restaurant and bar from New Zealand, had put up an impromptu performance of haka - the well-known traditional New Zealand dance of Maori heritage – on a Sunday. The dance is usually performed for VIPs on important occasions and famously performed by its All Blacks rugby team at international matches.
However, any public performances in Singapore, including flash-mobs, require a public entertainment licence, and the restaurant did not have one. Full story