Hmm…

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https://www.prolificskins.com/forum/current-affairs/gpgt-indian-polling-agent-who-assisted-elderly-allegedly-insisted-that-she-vote-for-the-pap

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For Phase 2

What are the shops that can open,

Which cannot be opened under Phase 1 now ?

You can now go visit your dentist for regular polishing and other treatments for one......

The Seed of the Mishandling Sowed Right from the Start


The seed of ‘missteps’ has been sowed right from the beginning when the Ministerial Task Force (MTF) was formed. Instead of assembling a team of medical professionals better equipped to understand how a novel pathogen could infect and inflict harms on the people and community, the task force incepted all key 4G political leaders as members and the Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Kiat as the advisor.

So right from the start, the objective appears to be using the task force as a political platform for the 4G leaders to win the trust of Singaporeans by repeating the success of the 2003 SARs outbreak when Singapore emerged relatively unscathed. The ruling party eagerly wanted to show that its new generation of leaders were just as capable in dealing with the challenges of managing the crisis while keeping the economy afloat.

The truth is the ruling party was already under a lot of heat even before the outbreak of the crisis. Unlike the 2G and 3G leadership which assumed political leadership when Singapore was still in a position of strength and external environments were still relatively favourable, the 4G leadership comes in at the time when the external environments are never as unfavourable and Singapore is never weaker internally.

Externally, Singapore faces not only rising economic competition from China and other lower-cost economies within the region but also the geopolitical tussles between the incumbent global superpower US and the emerging regional power China. Over the last three years, under the Trump presidency, the tussles have spilled over into the economic arena in the form of a zero-sum trade war that threatens to fundamentally undermine the viability of the multilateral international trade regime which has served Singapore exceedingly well over the past decades.

Internally, over the last two decades, Singapore is increasingly roiled by various social, economic and political issues including widening income and wealth inequality; high BTO prices and falling resale prices of public housing; stagnating or falling wages amid rising living costs; rising business costs and the departure of MNCs; influx of both unskilled and skilled foreign workers depressing wages and competing with locals for jobs; structural unemployment due to failed efforts in restructuring the economy and in exploiting opportunities offered by the 4th industrial revolution; a growing gig economy and a disappearing middle class; falling total fertility rate and an ageing population; and, finally, the lack of transparency in the management of the national reserves.

Notably, many, if not all, of these domestic issues can be attributed to the rent-seeking growth model and deliberate government policies that disproportionately benefit a minority at the expense of the masses. Hence, even though Singapore has grown wealthier as a country over the past two decades, the economic gains have not being equitably distributed and life has gotten increasingly harder for many households at the lower rungs.

With the help of the captive local main stream media, the political elites have been exceedingly effective over the past two decades in spinning hard-to-argue-with narratives to justify their behaviours and to provide a positive spin to the deteriorating socioeconomic and political situations in Singapore. Those impressive narratives went on to help them win accolades from international media and community which the ruling party then deftly exploited to bolster their image at home. The harsh reality on the ground, however, stands testimonial to the fact that many of the facades underpinned by those narratives have been crumbling.

The incoming 4G leadership thus badly needs to use the crisis as a platform to proof themselves to the electorate as being worthy for trust and support. But, unlike President Moon Jae-in of South Korea whose success in containing the Covid-19 outbreak helped to secure him his second term of presidency, the 4G’s political gamble backfired.

The predominant presence of political leaders instead of medical professionals in a task force meant to tackle a healthcare crisis in the end led to decisions being made based more on narrowly-focused political considerations at the expense of efficacy of the healthcare system and of the broader interests of the populace.

A lot more at https://tinyurl.com/yashkhlf

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[quote=phtthp post_id=1970234 time=1586233076 user_id=35251]
Of course. All these are Non-essential service

I thought it is like a supermarket ...

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I just received a notice that Daiso has gotten permission to continue operating 5 of its outlets !!

A typical routine I have is to have my hair cut at Plaza Sing. After my hair cut, I would proceed to Daiso for shopping, then grab a burger/coke at Burger King, maybe some BreadTalk buns for next day’s breakfast, before proceeding to Cold Storage at Basement for grocery shopping.

I can still do all these activities now. So what Circuit Breaker is there? DIASO essential meh? How to stay at home like that??[/quote]Daiso has retracted statement fyi.

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https://tinyurl.com/w4l2m58

1-1 home tuition is banned.


https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/circuit-breaker-mode-what-you-can-and-cannot-do

EXPO is now a makeshift hospital....


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https://tinyurl.com/uwg8bsy

caught eating outside by the police.....


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https://tinyurl.com/uwg8bsy (scroll way down for video)

COVID-19: Delivery and takeaway models unsustainable, say restaurant owners


https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-delivery-takeaway-restaurants-circuit-breaker-12615976