Singapore Fitness Alliance to help more than 200 affected True Fitness, True Yoga staff, freelancers find jobs新加坡健身联盟将帮助超过200名受影响的True Fitness和True Yoga员工及自由职业者寻找工作。
Singapore Fitness Alliance helps former True Fitness and True Yoga staff and freelancers find new jobs after the chains ceased operations amid market challenges. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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The facade of the shuttered True Fitness outlet at Great World on Sept 11.
Published Sep 13, 2026, 08:30 AM
Updated Sep 13, 2026, 12:26 PM
The Singapore Fitness Alliance is helping former True Fitness and True Yoga employees and freelancers find new jobs, collaborating with NTUC's associations and e2i.
True Fitness and True Yoga abruptly ceased operations on Sept 11 due to market competition, shocking staff who were notified just an hour before closure.
Employees face unpaid wages and foreign workers risk leaving Singapore soon; 241 consumer complaints report over $609,000 lost in unused memberships (CASE data).
SINGAPORE – The Singapore Fitness Alliance (SFA) is helping more than 200 affected employees and freelancers of True Group find new employment following the fitness chain’s sudden closure .
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 – and e2i – NTUC’s employment and employability institute.
About 235 affected staff and freelancers have reached out to SFA as of Sept 13, Tan said.
A compiled list of these individuals, including their contact details and latest job descriptions, will be sent out on Sept 14 to SFA members, which includes Fitness First, Virgin Active, Anytime Fitness and Yoga Movement.
A number of SFA member gyms have already expressed interest in hiring those affected, Tan added.
Meanwhile, NICA and e2i will assist with potential job matching as well as skills retraining for those who request it.
Tan, however, said that the non-profit industry association will not be involved in efforts to recover unpaid salaries or commissions.
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 the 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 said that as at 6pm on Sept 11, it had received 241 complaints from affected consumers, with reported losses of more than $609,000 in unutilised memberships, packages and services.
SFA is speaking with its member gyms to consider offering concessionary membership joining fees for affected customers, though recognising or giving credit for unused membership or personal training packages is unlikely, Tan said on Sept 13.
Employees who spoke to The Straits Times said they were notified of the sudden closure via an e-mail at about 10.30pm on Sept 10, just an hour before the official shutdown.
In the e-mail, seen by ST, the company’s human resources department stated that “all outlets will be closed effective immediately and are not to be opened tomorrow (Sept 11)”.
The news came as a shock to the Singapore staff.
Dozens of former employees of True Fitness and True Yoga attended a liquidators’ meeting in Claymore Hill on Sept 11. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
Dozens of former employees of True Fitness and True Yoga attended a liquidators’ meeting in Claymore Hill on Sept 11.
ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
One employee, Mani Jr, a 28-year-old personal trainer, told ST: “Management had even talked about upgrading some of the existing branches.”
He was one of around 50 former employees of True Fitness and True Yoga who attended a liquidators’ meeting in Claymore Hill on Sept 11, where he said they were simply asked to sign termination forms.
Calvin Siew, a 43-year-old exercise instructor, told ST that the company said staff would “need to wait” for updates on the remainder of their September pay.
Mani Jr added that some of his fellow instructors are foreigners who may have to leave Singapore within seven to 30 days.
“It’s a hard goodbye between us colleagues. It feels like the final time,” he said.
According to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) website, employers must cancel a foreign employee’s work pass within one week of their last day of employment.
Upon cancellation, MOM will then issue a temporary pass – such as a Short-Term Visit Pass – to give the employees time to pack up or find a new job.
ST has contacted True Fitness, True Yoga, NTUC and MOM for more information.
9月11日，位于Great World的True Fitness门店已关闭，门面也随之曝光。
发布于 2026 年 9 月 13 日上午 8:30
更新于2026年9月13日下午12:26
新加坡健身联盟正在帮助前 True Fitness 和 True Yoga 的员工和自由职业者寻找新工作，并与 NTUC 的协会和 e2i 合作。
由于市场竞争，True Fitness 和 True Yoga 于 9 月 11 日突然停止运营，令员工们感到震惊，因为他们在关门前一小时才接到通知。
员工面临工资拖欠，外籍工人面临很快离开新加坡的风险；241 起消费者投诉报告称，未使用的会员资格造成超过 609,000 美元的损失（CASE 数据）。
新加坡——健身连锁店 True Group 突然关闭后，新加坡健身联盟 (SFA) 正在帮助其 200 多名受影响的员工和自由职业者寻找新的工作。
新加坡教练协会 (SFA) 主席兼联合创始人 Sean Tan 在 9 月 13 日的一份声明中表示，该组织正在与全国教练员协会 (NICA)（由全国职工总会成立的协会）以及 e2i（全国职工总会的就业和就业能力研究所）合作，牵头开展这项计划。
谭表示，截至9月13日，约有235名受影响的员工和自由职业者联系了新加坡食品局。
一份包含这些人员联系方式和最新职位描述的汇总名单将于 9 月 14 日发送给 SFA 会员，其中包括 Fitness First、Virgin Active、Anytime Fitness 和 Yoga Movement。
谭补充说，一些新加坡健身协会（SFA）成员健身房已经表示有兴趣雇用受影响的人员。
与此同时，NICA 和 e2i 将协助进行潜在的工作匹配，并为有需要的人提供技能再培训。
然而，谭表示，该非营利行业协会不会参与追讨未付工资或佣金的行动。
9 月 11 日，健身连锁店 True Fitness 和 True Yoga 停止运营，其香港母公司康泰法玛宣布，由于市场竞争和成本压力，该公司正在清算这些业务。
True Fitness 和 True Yoga 均隶属于 True Singapore Group，该集团还在新加坡经营健身和瑜伽中心 TFX 和 Yoga Edition。
这两个品牌在新加坡共经营七家门店。
新加坡消费者协会表示，截至9月11日下午6点，已收到241起受影响消费者的投诉，报告称未使用的会员资格、套餐和服务造成的损失超过60.9万新元。
新加坡健身协会 (SFA) 正在与会员健身房商讨，考虑为受影响的顾客提供优惠的会员入会费，但谭先生在 9 月 13 日表示，不太可能承认或退还未使用的会员资格或私人训练套餐费用。
接受《海峡时报》采访的员工表示，他们在 9 月 10 日晚上 10 点 30 分左右收到电子邮件通知，得知公司突然关闭，而正式关闭时间仅比通知时间提前了一个小时。
《海峡时报》看到的这封电子邮件中，该公司人力资源部门表示，“所有门店将立即关闭，明天（9 月 11 日）不会营业”。
这个消息令新加坡员工感到震惊。
9月11日，数十名True Fitness和True Yoga的前员工在克莱莫山参加了清算人会议。（海峡时报照片：吴淑銮）
9 月 11 日，数十名 True Fitness 和 True Yoga 的前员工在克莱莫尔山参加了清算人会议。
圣徒照片：吴索銮
一名员工，28 岁的私人教练 Mani Jr 告诉《海峡时报》：“管理层甚至讨论过升级一些现有分店。”
他是 True Fitness 和 True Yoga 约 50 名前员工之一，他们于 9 月 11 日在克莱莫尔山参加了清算人会议。他说，会上他们只是被要求签署终止表格。
43岁的健身教练Calvin Siew告诉《海峡时报》，该公司表示员工“需要等待”有关9月份剩余工资的最新消息。
小马尼补充说，他的一些同事是外国人，他们可能需要在 7 到 30 天内离开新加坡。
“这是我们同事之间艰难的告别。感觉像是最后一次了。”他说。
根据人力部（MOM）网站的规定，雇主必须在外国雇员离职后一周内取消其工作准证。
取消后，人力部将签发临时通行证（例如短期访问通行证），以便员工有时间收拾行李或寻找新工作。
ST已联系True Fitness、True Yoga、NTUC和MOM以获取更多信息。