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This year’s Labour Day falls in the midst of a global pandemic that has disproportionately affected low-wage migrant workers here in Singapore. As of 29 April 2020, approximately 88% of all the 15,641 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Singapore are work permit holders, the majority of whom are residing in dormitories. The outpouring... 

构成新加坡如今的疫情破口，背后一个不容忽视的因素是，长年由大政府驱动的治理模式下，“新加坡政府一直找不到沟通全民防疫总动员的共鸣点。” 反观台湾，台大医学院黄韵如教授认为，台湾民众在口罩措施1.0阶段，就开始凝聚全民防疫的共识与总动员，透过措施不断改良，让民众在防疫上有参与感，觉得自己是让防疫不出现破口的一份子。 即便口罩在科学上无法证明对防疫有确切效果，却成为台湾全民防疫总动员的一项触媒。“强而有力的政府抗疫能够防堵疫情到一定程度，但最终还是需要全民防疫，”黄韵如表示。 One... 

Of the 50: - 22 are aged between seven and 12 - Seven are aged 13 to 16. What is not clear or disclosed is whether any of these kids contracted the virus in schools as a result of Ong Ye Kung’s initial refusal to close schools.   * Facebook post by The Alternative View.      Read More →