Government Health Tech TraceTogether check-ins not yet mandatory despite earlier announcement it will be by December last year Authorities have told retailers to not implement mandatory TraceTogether (TT)-only check-ins at… user15 January 2021
Government Malaysia Tech Malaysia’s Internet regulator MCMC bought Twitter account from a teen — but failed to delete old tweets The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) came under fire recently after… user14 January 2021
Government Health Malaysia Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says “civilian government will continue to function” after King assents to state of emergency until 1 August Less than half a day after Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that… user12 January 2021
Government Politics Progress Singapore Party questions whether TraceTogether data fit for use in investigating terrorism-related offences The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) has questioned the fitness of COVID-19 contact… user11 January 2021
Commentaries Government Media S’pore population “being conditioned to accept greater surveillance”, says Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh The Singapore population is “being conditioned to accept greater surveillance”, and such… user9 January 2021
Government Health Tech Ministers now claim having said TraceTogether data can be used beyond contact tracing purposes — but past records show otherwise Singapore’s Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan revealed in Parliament… user7 January 2021
Comments Current Affairs Government Netizens slam govt lack of transparency in TraceTogether data use; highlight potential pitfalls TraceTogether data would be used by the police in cases involving “very… kathleen6 January 2021
Comments Government Law & Order “False promises”: S’pore netizens slam govt for going back on assurance that TraceTogether to be used only for COVID-19 contact tracing The Government’s decision to allow police to obtain data from its COVID-19… 00306 January 2021
Current Affairs Government Media EIU senior editor Sudhir Vadaketh critiques ST editor’s article on racism, says ST must have “gumption to tackle head-on the racism of Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP” If The Straits Times and one of its editors Chua Mui Hoong… user4 January 2021
Government Health MediShield Life Premiums set to increase by 35 per cent following review of national health insurance scheme MediShield Life premiums are set to increase by 35 per cent next… The Online Citizen22 December 2020