Anti-epidemic platform

Singapore is finally about to be pulled down, and many Hong Kong friends are a little gloating, with a look of "Huh! Dare to make fun of us?" I'm a little envious of Singaporeans.

The Lee Hsien Loong government has closed customs, enforced quarantine, and frantically traced close contacts from the very beginning. Singapore has only one gate at the airport directly facing the mainland, and flights have been reduced early. In the first battle of Mask or not mask, Singapore actually won the gamble. Only 20-30% of people wear masks every day, and most people don't even know how to use hand sanitizer. The infection rate is the lowest in the world. One, while keeping economic activity running as normal.

When the global outbreak caused a sharp increase in local speeches, Singapore turned around quickly, closing offices, closing schools, and wearing masks. It can be seen that the Singapore government has long been prepared to take this step, otherwise why would there be so many masks overnight? Singapore seems to have missed the opportunity to call on all people to wear masks in time. I believe it is only considering that it should not be launched too early to avoid early fatigue of the public. It is good to be watertight, but Hong Kong is one of the few places in the world that has experienced the tragic experience of SARS. The people can do everything they can to prevent and fight the epidemic, and the high population density also constitutes an objective need. This is not something that other countries can do. understand.

Although I have always disliked the nanny state, this time I have to say that the Singaporean government is really effectively governing an international city. They have many measures that cannot be learned from other countries, such as using data to track close contacts with complete disregard for privacy, restricting residents who go abroad after a certain day to bear the full medical expenses themselves if they are infected with Wuhan pneumonia, etc. This is not possible in a democratic country. The possible policies now seem to be completely reasonable. Hong Kong has real authority, but no enforcement power. Not to mention providing masks for the whole people, it is difficult to find a decent leader. Lee Hsien Loong is not as attractive as his father, and he works like a people-friendly line; the British Prime Minister himself fell ill, and the first wife came out to stand it.

This is something that the Hong Kong Communist government cannot learn, and probably does not want to learn. The leader of this city is a puppet who doesn't forget to join the demonstrators when answering questions, and who has the face to give himself a raise after a year of great success. Standing at the forefront of the brigade leading the fight against the epidemic is a gentle-spoken scientist and a truth-teller, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection. Their good, but more contrast to the bureaucrats bad.

There is no stage in our democratic struggle, and unexpectedly, there is no anti-epidemic. Hong Kong people always rely on themselves. This is the biggest difference between us and Singapore.