WP chief Pritam Singh urges more transparency on Singapore’s fiscal health, ground involvement in policy-making

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“At times it felt as if no one in Government was taking ownership of how COVID-19 directives would be perceived, interpreted and understood on the ground," Mr Singh said.

For example, because members of the public did not completely understand what DORSCON Orange meant, many rushed to panic buy, until authorities explained that the DORSCON Orange level had also been applied during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. “Such a thorough review could potentially become a source of more job opportunities for Singaporeans more respectable wage levels in some cases,” Mr Singh said.In the final portion of his speech, Mr Singh said that COVID-19 has revealed cracks in certain fundamental beliefs.

“With many corporates and big businesses already perceived to be over-represented in our political ecology, be it through the grassroots or through the association in private-public-national level committee, Government needs to consider how it can become a better arbiter between different views,” Mr Singh said.

 

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