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Morning Digest, Aug 2
Singapore, Japan & South Korea habitual mask-wearing is the ‘cultural difference’ helping keep OMICRON deaths low
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Epidemiologists and medical specialists have noted that in spite of a high presence of the circulating virus, countries, where mask-wearing is widely accepted, have been more successful in keeping Omicron deaths low.
These countries include Singapore, South Korea, and Japan.
Read more here...WP holds first Hammer outreach since COVID, with lead article explaining why GST hike is ‘unnecessary & unhelpful’
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On Sunday (Jul 31), the Workers’ Party held its first Hammer outreach, distributing its newsletter for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
The party used to sell the Hammer every Sunday during walkabouts, particularly in areas where it fields candidates for Parliament.
Read more here...Catholic Church says it respects the dignity of LGBTQ people but reiterates its stand on what marriage & family units should comprise of
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The Catholic Church in Singapore has weighed in on the possible repeal of the law criminalizing gay sex—Section 377A of the Penal Code—underlining that its main concern is for marriage to be kept between one man and one woman.
Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam had spoken to members of the media on Saturday (July 30), saying that the government is taking a look at the best way to balance most Singaporeans’ view that sex between men should not be a crime, and yet do not want the present position that marriage should be between a man and a woman to be changed.
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Netizens poke fun at Red Berets marching out of sync at NDP rehearsal
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Stuff happens, and people make mistakes—even those who are trained to function like well-oiled machines.
At least, this was the perspective many netizens took after videos of Red Berets marching out of sync at an NDP rehearsal went viral on TikTok.
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