SINGAPORE – The Singapore Fitness Alliance (SFA) is helping affected employees and freelancers of True Group find new employment.
In a statement on Sept 13, SFA’s president and co-founder Sean Tan said the organisation is spearheading the initiative in collaboration with the National Instructors & Coaches Association (NICA) – an association set up by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) – and e2i – NTUC’s employment and employability institute.
SFA, a non-profit industry association, will however not be involved in efforts to recover unpaid salaries or commissions, Tan said.
On Sept 11, fitness chains True Fitness and True Yoga ceased operations, with their Hong Kong parent company Kontafarma declaring that it is winding up the businesses owing to market competition and cost pressures.
True Fitness and True Yoga come under True Singapore Group, which also operates fitness and yoga centres TFX and Yoga Edition here.
Together, the brands operated seven outlets in Singapore.
The Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) said that as at 6pm on Sept 11, it had received 241 complaints from consumers affected, with reported losses of more than $609,000 in unutilised memberships, packages and services.
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