TR EMERITUS

I’ve often said that one the best things about Singapore is the fact that we have a government that prides itself in being exceedingly rational and is willing to take a position contrary to popular opinion if it has the facts on its side. This wonderfully matter of fact approach to “tricky” and “difficult” matters... 

In my Facebook commentary on 25 March 2020, I have singled out our old folks home as one potential Covid-19 infection cluster along with our many rental flats where most of the residents are seniors. True enough, Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home (LAMOAH) scored a bull's eye yesterday. Senior infection is ominous for obvious reasons.... 

I think this coronavirus outbreak has shown us something which we perhaps already know in our hearts: That the cleaner, the sweeper, the security guard, the old man who - every morning - with a piece of cloth wipes the escalator belt, the elderly men and women who keep our public toilets clean, and those like them - that they...