SINGAPORE, May 15 It has been about eight months since Dr Wong Choo Wai ended his volunteer stint taking care of Covid-19 patients at Singapore Expo, but the 50-year-old sometimes wakes up in panic, thinking that he has overslept and is late for work. The senior family physician is still.
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Commentary: Does Singapore have to resort to slapstick and Singlish to get public messages across? Whether you found it tacky or catchy (or both), the Phua Chu Kang-fronted COVID-19 vaccination music video sure got everyone’s attention. Isn’t that half the battle won, asks Tracy Lee.
Screenshot of the Get Your Shot, Steady Pom Pi Pi music video.
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SINGAPORE: By now, you’ve probably seen Get Your Shot, Steady Pom Pi Pi, the colourful, raucous Singlish-inflected rap music video.
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Singaporean Minister of Home Affairs and Law Shanmugam (right) is accompanied by his dog Milly during a short walk at the Botanic Gardens on Saturday. THE STRAITS TIMES
Mental wellness an important issue amid Covid-19 pandemic: Singapore minister
Mon, 3 May 2021
With lockdowns sparked by Covid-19 imposing severe constraints on people globally, mental wellness has been an important issue and will be even more so going forward, Singaporean Minister of Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam said on May 1.
In Singapore, there are different facets to the issue, given the urban environment, the hectic lifestyle, as well as an ageing population.
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(From left) MPs Christopher de Souza and Sitoh Yih Pin, Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Office Maliki Osman and Indranee Rajah, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Sustainability and the Environment Minister Grace Fu and Education Minister Lawrence Wong in a 2018 photo.
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SINGAPORE - Two-and-a-half years after Singapore s fourth-generation (4G) ministers named him their leader, and just under two years since he was named Deputy Prime Minister in preparation for the top job, Mr Heng Swee Keat has decided to step aside.