Monday, May 04, 2020

Another word for 'racism'

“It’s hard to explain why the authorities did not up the ante in terms
of infection controls at the dorms -- perhaps there was a policy blind spot with the focus being on Singaporeans,” said Eugene Tan, a political commentator and law professor at the Singapore Management University. But “in public health, the migrant workers are very much a part of the community, and the early vigilance against community spread did not embrace the foreign workers.”
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Low-wage foreign workers comprise a fifth of the overall population in Singapore, but largely live separate from the local community. The dormitories -- where clogged toilets and overflowing rubbish chutes have been reported -- are a far cry from the country’s glitzy skyline showcased in Hollywood blockbusters like “Crazy Rich Asians.”

How Singapore Flipped From Virus Hero to Cautionary Tale
By Faris Mokhtar
Bloomberg.com

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