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Why invoke POFMA when a simple Facebook post will do the trick?

On 22 January 2020, the Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a Correction Direction under POFMA against The Online Citizen SG (TOC) for reporting about allegations made by Lawyers for Liberty(LfL). On 25 January 2020, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) posted a clarification on its Facebook Page in response...

Telemedicine can help prevent local outbreak

I was president of the Singapore Medical Association 17 years ago during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak and have some suggestions on how to better deal with the Wuhan virus situation. It is now clear that the Sars virus and the Wuhan virus develop in very different ways despite both being coronaviruses. With...

Treat foreigners equally and fairly

A few people suggested that I should patronise stalls run by Singaporeans and not foreigners. I do not agree with this suggestion. We should treat everyone who works in Singapore, whether local or foreigner, without discrimination. The foreigners who come to run a stall in Singapore have to pay the high rental and work exceptional...