Taipei nightclub forces foreigners to provide travel documents, while not asking same of Taiwanese

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/05/04
By: Keoni Everington, , Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A photo of a sign announcing a new discriminatory policy in a popular nightclub in Taipei City surfaced on Sunday (May 3), after a group of foreigners was denied entry because they had not brought their passports, while Taiwanese were exempt from the requirement.

On Saturday evening (May 2), a sign appeared at the entrance to a nightclub on Songshou Road in Taipei's Xinyi District announcing a new policy to screen guests for symptoms and travel history to prevent the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). In red text directed solely at "non-Taiwanese citizens" wishing to enter the club, the announcement stated that it is now requiring all foreign nationals to present a passport with the most recent entry stamp, before they will be allowed inside.

However, the notice does not state any similar requirement for Taiwanese citizens, instead leaving it to some sort of honor code on their part. It also does not give an explanation of how foreign e-gate users could prove their last entry date.

The notice then stated the club would not accept customers who have a constant cough, a fever or temperature over 37.5 degrees Celsius, and have returned from abroad within the past 21 days, or come into contact with a person who has.    [FULL  STORY]