Pritam Singh vs Vivian Balakrishnan on TraceTogether: In Full

[@Goinghome2024]

So stupid to use trace together app as evidence. A criminal can put the token at home and go out to commit crime. Then he can say that he is at home during the crime because his data in trace together recorded him at home during the time of the crime.

[@peterchew4018]

So stupid...agree....

[@LonganLee]

This video will serve as my sleep-inducing material. Thanks Bala

[@Goinghome2024]

we can always deactivate trace together by just disable it on our mobile or leaving the token at home

[@vincecarlo]

Good Idea 👍👍

[@dollyatilano8988]

@@vincecarlo aa

[@dollyatilano8988]

@@vincecarlo a

[@LonganLee]

Let me sugar coat the fiasco with : Someone can say " his heart is in the right place."

[@calvin1252]

how many of the 390,000 people who came onboard TraceTogether did so willingly? What a joke.

[@kailim8895]

you mean the PAP pointed a gun at the 390000? you than fucking a joke knn

[@calvin1252]

@@kailim8895 without tracetogether, how to enter the many malls and shopping establishments who jumped the gun.. you damn joke.

[@weijunloh7255]

@@calvin1252 er? government as of today only mandate safeentry to enter malls? since when was tracetogether a requirement?

[@calvin1252]

@@weijunloh7255 many shops and retailers have jumped the gun to mandate it... go ahead and walk around the neighborhood. And if you want to watch a movie, it’s MANDATORY.

[@williamlim8866]

Maverick, if you were in charge of tracing the outbreak, how else will you do it?

[@Philson]

Well spoken by Leader of Opposition. The voice we needed.

[@LonganLee]

Just for funny : post Trace Together, will there be a sequel called *TraceForever* if given wide public acceptance or adoption?

[@yea5458]

If and when there is TraceForever, the public can decide on whether they like it or not in 2025. Remember, one man one vote, the govie is and always will be accountable for every action they make during their tenure. That said, i think the govie has been as open and as transparent as they can be thus far. Amidst some missteps which have been corrected and acknowledged.

[@DaigoParry]

Mark of the Beast. The plan is to link up digital currency onto it and shrink the whole thing down and implant it into a human body. Google Maps, digital currency, passport, social credit system, digital key to unlock your electric car, etc. It is one big “Skynet” infrastructure they are building. They will do it incrementally and creep slowly like they do over here. Eat small small freedoms here and there. Over the years, the thing will become very big. So big, like a “Beast”. It’s a plan that they have. They also plan to have a singular global government united under one rule. UN, IMF, World Bank, WTO, WHO, etc are the instruments to draw all the governments together into a singular entity. There will no longer be such a thing as “countries”. You will be forced to worship one single religion. The religion will also be united under one single entity. They will do it systematically and incrementally. There is no escape. Everyone, including the rich or poor will be forced to accept it, if not, they will be killed or forced to live outside this economic system. Total control and total tyranny. Anybody who criticises the system can be traced digitally. All the CCTVs will be hooked up onto a cloud system and location traced. Luciferianism is their religion. Singapore is being used in their plan as a model to “advertise” to other countries to adopt central planning and state capitalism. Police state. Henry Kissinger and Bush Sr were the grand architects of this global vision. It is a plan they planned for centuries starting with the East India Company. Multi-generational family controlling the banks around the world who fund wars on BOTH sides in human history. So countries get into debt. The politicians get controlled and blackmailed by these people. Andrew Jackson tried to destroy these people’s control and succeeded once by destroying the US Central Bank, and John F. Kennedy tried to exposed them but got assassinated. It cannot be a “conspiracy theory” if the WHOLE jigsaw puzzle all fits nicely. It is mathematically impossible for everything to fit so nicely.

[@DaigoParry]

The levers by which they do it is called “Order Out From Chaos”. Create a false problem and then come in as the false savior to implement a false solution, only to enslave humanity further, with your freedoms taken away one by one. 9/11 was an inside job to have the pretext to go to war. Bush Jr is Skull and Bones secret society. Stock markets, oil industry, defense companies making tanks and planes all profit. They installed this thing called the NSA and made it legal to eavesdrop phone calls of all private citizens in the name of “anti-terrorism”. But it was all planned, so all these thing can happen. “Order Out From Chaos”. They are very patient and will execute their gameplan over decades.

[@BeachBoi1000]

I don’t mind... if I am in Data Storage Business. 😂

[@Goinghome2024]

@@DaigoParry this trace together still not global and cannot buy and sell yet. It is not the Mark of the beast but it will come soon.

[@pngseokoon]

well said . Honesty n transparency from the Govt is essential !!!! Backtracking on issues leads to distrust for the govt from the people is already eroding . Everything from CPF , ERP and now TT are issues which the govt backtracked on , how many other issues don’t we know are not transparent

[@franciscody9622]

Correct. Without openness and transparency in government there is no real accountability. Moreover, combined with the lack of basic freedoms and a free press elections are not free and fair. Singapore is not a REAL democracy just like it is not a REAL First World country. It might have First World per capita GDP (and sadly the same for cost of living with stagnant wages) but not in terms of real wages, productivity, work quality and standard of living - the things that determine the quality of life.

[@LonganLee]

Being a supporter of Bala, I sped up the video when listen to his speech. The sweet spot was at x1.75

[@LonganLee]

@Azman Azman bro! Selamat Pagi. The right hand corner of youtube there is a 3 dot icon to click to select playback speed. I hit the sweet spot and listening was more pleasurable

[@bakagiraffe]

This comes as a surprise to me. I never knew tracetogether data can be deleted!!!

[@oo-oe4km]

why mothership always need to crop the screen like that

[@LonganLee]

2 words come to mind : Due Diligence

[@icebearforprez]

indeed...and i am incredibly disappointed that worker's party have not upheld their end of the bargain by being the check and balance and doing their due diligence on the government. really, for once i put my trust in them...but it just flew over their heads

[@arrowstheorem1881]

To Base on Trust means one can choose to Believe or not to Believe. Why not pass a bill to establish the Office of the Arbiter of Truth? Life imprisonment if one does not trust? This is a technical question. Maybe is as good as Maybe Not. Why not as good as Why

[@franciscody9622]

"Trust" is passe. It is "trust but verify" Verification requires openness and transparency. Trust is a "two-way street". Must "trust to be trusted".

[@LonganLee]

What if WP had made the faux pas? You know me, I am just a curious guy.

[@Kernel15]

Then obviously PAP will hentam them until the next election and never let it go.

[@icebearforprez]

well...they didnt uphold their end of the bargin by being the "check-and-balance" party anyway and it seems to be flying over everyone's head

[@lynnbek8993]

Yes you are right. If WP made this kind mistake Jia lek si lao.

[@LonganLee]

@@icebearforprez they need to follow the taste of Singaporeans. They can check and balance but without strong backing it does not make sense for them. They respect the taste or preference of the people. So the problem if any is the People

[@icebearforprez]

@@LonganLee what do you even mean by taste of singaporeans? they campaigned based on the premise of ensuring such errors won't be made by the government. but they didnt even manage to flag it out in time. if you're saying they're only doing so based on politics then what is the whole point of check and balance? everyone is then just playing the politics game. it wasnt even a member of the opposition who brought up the initial question, how am i going to trust them now to really be effective at being an effective counter-force against the government

[@hawkhea7527]

Nowadays ppl dun use the token now n cause the tracking of virus very inefficient.

[@wilson_h]

That is right! When one can do his/her part, if one doesn't use it properly, it is a selfish individual with no moral responsibility.

[@LonganLee]

Why not pass another new law , life imprisonment if dun use? Luckily WP and psp has no way to win any veto. We can just keep passing new laws. Problem solved!

[@Justin_Jones27]

Qns of the day do the police really need to use trace together to facilitate their investigations or is it just for convenience as what Pritam Singh said

[@LoQOpa]

cops can trace movements of their intended individual the old school way if they wanted to.

[@wahidpawana424]

@@lmk928 non-tech savvy individual don't understand. Hiding ones identity on the tech is easy nowadays. the victims will eventually be law-abiding citizens and the CID who have to chase after false bread crumbs.

[@wahidpawana424]

@@lmk928 you don't even have to be intelligent to do it, you just need to know how to use google search. Even ordinary plebs, given the knowledge, know how to use tor to serve the dark web.

[@arrowstheorem1881]

Dear All, let's measure them using the yardstick of *World Highest Pay & Whiter than White* Has JT said one word of *SORRY* for dormitory fiasco? Has V. Bala uttered the word Sorry yet? He said he regret the mistake. Yes. But where is the sorry? Or have I missed something? Has Bala received the year end bonus if any?

[@vincecarlo]

Ownself Check Ownself Ownself Praise Ownself So Where is Accountability ? Still got Same Cushy job n Same Ridiculous High salary. Just come out n tell some story; Easy

[@franciscody9622]

Did LKY ever admit he made a mistake? Did he ever say "sorry"?

[@smallrong]

Those who never write to the parliment on delete data for trace together could also be ppl who are not technological savvy or can't avoid joining because it is mandatory for a company to run business in singapore and to work in singapore or earn a living in singapore.

[@namazlur78]

Admit the mistakes is very brave thing to do but after that you must show you're responsible and resign. That would be the "RIGHT" thing to do. But would that make the problem goes away?

[@MegaTonyng]

Take responsibility for making such a simple mistake : RESIGN. You are paid over a million dollars not to talk without knowing

[@vincecarlo]

Ms Vivian Would rather cry; will NEVER resign

[@MrSkinnyQ]

Tell that to all your opponents who you have sued & charged. Can we do the same to you?

[@peterchew4018]

Probably no need to reply...just arreesst all

[@chuaengjoo3130]

We bring back imported cases and confirmed cases increased and it start to waya

[@kopicha]

no need to sugar coat. even exceptions is not accepted. trust breach period. your stupid numbers are flawed. ppl who ask to remove cuz they know it is just wrong. however ppl who came onboard is because they had no choice because tell me, if you dont participate where can you go?

[@ongernie7216]

In a debate, you can Twist and turn with your words to score points. As a minister mincing your words by giving the most accurate words is vital. I think it is better for him to go back to his dental department in the Hospital to care for his and population top gap is more appropriate. Then to use it to talk rubbish. Who is he to take responsibility. How is he going to take responsibility. Like the over budget youth Olympic. What sort of responsibility have he taken? Yes, to continue with his rubbish.

[@arrowstheorem1881]

It's now a Post-Covid-record-reserves spending-ge-SK GRC Era bro. Someone lost the Narrative. The Pandora's Box is opened. Some have escaped from the Matrix.

[@vincecarlo]

Ownself Check Ownself Ownself Praise Ownself So Where is Accountability ? Still got Same Cushy job n Same Ridiculous High salary. Just come out n tell some story; Easy

[@arrowstheorem1881]

@@vincecarlo The People eyes must open. As long as they condone there is nothing else we can say. Democracy. WP also smart to know that their style of non Confrontational style is not because they cannot be like western opposition. Its because the People do not want to see that. The People want a well behaved Opposition. This means WP may remain a Opposition party for the remaining of our foreseeable years. So their future is long and stable

[@franciscody9622]

@@vincecarlo Compelling reasons for REGIME CHANGE.

[@vinvin8971]

More and more flip flop from this govt ....

[@icebearforprez]

more and more of WP not fulfilling their end of the bargain of being the check and balance and notifying us in the first place. why were they so quiet and not telling us about this huge mistake

[@arrowstheorem1881]

PAGING Dr Chee.... PAGING Dr Chee... Remember Vivian Bala? What you waiting for Dr Chee!? Law of Thermodynamics prevails. Every Action Party is met with an Equal and Alternative Party! Sum of all energies in the natural world is exactly zero. Amen

[@peterqiu5520]

Pritam my friend is there PRIVACY???...one press of the right BUTTON all inKNOWN

[@weehockleong5893]

Who won

[@09230723]

I have listen to Vivian talk and I don't like about the way he talked and the things he said because I felt that he is like a sly. If he is a sly, I think he should not be in parliament, and earning millions of dollars from Tax payers money.

[@LonganLee]

Given the extraordinary Covid , has investments any extraordinary transactions done during this period?

[@caialan9491]

Good. I am satisfied with minister's replied.

[@roywolfy]

So what is the good doctor is saying is that she focuses on the 'individuals', therefore she is saying that she would even prescribe medication without thinking of the potential of its adverse effects. So therefore, it is a malpractice as a doctor, therefore a very shallow minded minister in action.

[@jessiejames7492]

isnt that what is happening with the vaccine. singapores push to vaccinate everybody. how effective is the check on the persons medical history or is there any done? drs or staff just ask the person in front of them' do you have any concerns , medical history etc etc

[@LonganLee]

Your horniness , I note the topics of Disease X and Climate Change aka Carbon Tax. Bang bang goes the bullet!

[@arrowstheorem1881]

There is a difference between Politician and Data Security Expert cum Technology expert. Get me? Or politician can also do quantum physics and nanotechnology? Can meh? Cannot meh? Make covid vaccine? Or know exactly if there will be adverse side effects or not in the Loong term?

[@normantan23]

What is the big fuzz with police using trace together to fight crime?? If we can give another tool for the police to fight crimes more effectively and efficiently, why not! What I feel we need is better governance to make sure police need to justified the use of the data and they are not using it for their private purpose or abuse these data. Perhaps, a court judge should decide rather than police dept.

[@AniMaTheEarth]

Perhaps if they said that in the beginning, this misunderstanding wouldn't even happen.

[@CringeBasedDuality]

You know what is a False Dichotomy? vote for WP = free rider 🙄

[@arrowstheorem1881]

Does Bala mentor someone's son? Oh, please don't kill me...! Please spare my ass. I beg Internet political Bigots to kindly compassionately spare my ass

[@maldita8730]

Trustworthy government its all that matters...

[@arrowstheorem1881]

World highest paid and yet..... Sigh..... *Shake head* he being fm must never say wrong things when communicating with other country leaders. I cringe

[@edmundkoh5937]

The main purpose of tracetogether during Covid-19? If you don't have any criminal act or mind why need to scare about tracetogether. Get over this pendamic before making so much noise. This is not helping the effort of the frontliner that is risking themselves during Covid-19.

[@arrowstheorem1881]

Let's come and Trace Together and move on, in the digital age.

[@LonganLee]

In the spirit of Open Source, may I ask Gerald Giam IT expert to Audit the codes of the App?

[@jennychew8236]

Hey guys - please get on and not harp on this item, if one conscience is clear why are you guys afraid of being traced???? If the govt do the tracing because of the government requirement and not for this COVID then we make noise. The main priority is fighting the pandemic right. Leave it lah.

[@yusuf888]

Why was the leader of the opposition blah blah blah so much? Didn't he realise he's there to demand transparency from the minister and nothing else? If being in opposition means buying whatever mistakes ministers commit,might as well cross over to the government's side... WP supporting the amendment clearly proved it's no different from the PAP.... The issue is about broken promises and undertakings from not only one minister but at least three when they assured the people that TT data would not be used for other purposes than contact tracing... The government has failed to keep its words and this being the case,the opposition should reject the amendment and vote against it!!!

[@penguin6700]

It's tough to be a leader of a nation. Give them both a break. Look at what's happening elsewhere. I feel blessed and safer with our reasonable ruling and opposition parties. I hope that more attention and efforts will be placed on climate change instead. We won't be wiped out losing some privacy. We will definitely be wiped out by rising sea levels and higher temperatures.

[@taeyeonist1462]

he did not give wp a chance. being the lone opposition with a grc in 2011 was tough too, did they give wp a break? 😂😂😂😂 hypocrite apologist

[@yusuf888]

Let's call a spade, a spade...

[@hagisno]

OPPO Supporters will never believe everything that have been said by this incapable government.....Prata All Party

[@icebearforprez]

how did it fly over your head that opposition parties campaigned on making sure such mistakes weren't being made...that they would be the "check and balance", but they cant even perform this simple task of pointing out an existing law that was contradictory to what vivian was saying. OPPOS didnt even fulfill their end of the bargin, they didnt even bring up the issue, it wasn't even them who made this issue national headlines? how blind are you

[@taeyeonist1462]

minlaw did not realise it but opposition with much less resources supposed to point it out wow

[@icebearforprez]

@@taeyeonist1462 yeah because they promised to be the party of check and balances? and it's not something that was like damn hidden and contrived. im sure if worker's party did their due diligence they would be able to find it? if not what value does the phrase "check and balance" really mean? vivian screwed up i am more than happy to say it, but worker's party claiming to be that check and balance against the government failing to uphold their end of the bargain but you wanna find excuses for them? then it's just plain hypocritical of you to do that

[@taeyeonist1462]

@@icebearforprez GCT said their party would be their own check and their own balance did he not? Minister Shanmugam was present when vivian made a mistake, he did not say anything. Teo chee hean made the same error in a written reply thereafter. Their own check and balance mechanism failed. The onus is on the government to fact check each and every statement they make. it is inexcusable for a top government . When WP says they want to be a check and balance it is to highlight issues that government has missed and try to improve policies proposed by the government, as they have done. they have neither the time nor the resources to fact check every line and word that the government says. like you and I we just take the government's every word as accurate and on good faith. I'm very happy with WP performance and your convulted nonsense isn't going to change my opinion happy cny to you

[@icebearforprez]

@@taeyeonist1462 you said it so yourself. "WP says ... to highlight issues that government has missed". shanmugam missed out this huge policy. vivian missed out this huge policy. teo chee hean missed out this huge policy. therefore by your logic, this is an issue that the government has missed, and thus if they wanted to be a check and balance, WP should have pointed it out too right? you are now the one so happy making excuses for WP when it is precisely people like you who are so happy to whine about PAP making excuses all the time too but now you're being so hypocritical and doing the same thing? you may be very happy with WP performance, i am not and i am pointing it out. step back and reflect on your own hypocrisy. i don stand on the side of PAP nor WP. i wanna point out when each party makes a mistake. country over party. it would be wise for you to do the same and not be so stubborn to be loyal to party. and it's "convoluted" not "convulted". and i wouldnt say my argument was convoluted. it was straightforward. WP didnt fulfill their end of the bargain

[@peterqiu5520]

Vivien as I Christian I pray that you a Christian too will be TRUTHFUL and sincere you cannot attend services in Church and approved Legal Abortion Ya???

[@michaelyang2119]

bala blah blah...

[@narutofire332]

All you “if you don’t do any wrong you don’t have to worry” folks are unbearably naive.

[@waynenergy]

We don't do wrong, so don't need to scared. But that's not the issue. It's when they introduce this TraceTogether, they said that this is purely for contact tracing for covid19 purpose until when one of their guy slip of tongue and leak out that it will be use for serious criminal. Its about why they have to lie in the first place ? Thats is just one thing that they have lied to the people, why can't they more transparent to us their to let us know the truth in the first place. In fact, its good to use it for crime investigation, but their mistake is the head of police make a mistake and slip of tongue and leaked the intention out. So right now, the 'bad guy' knows that before commiting crime, they will turn off the tracetogether app or leave the tracetogether token at home when they commit crime. They could have just hide it all to us in the dark. LOL

[@narutofire332]

@@waynenergy Spot on!

[@HLT388]

@@waynenergy " It's when they introduce this TraceTogether, they said that this is purely for contact tracing for covid19 purpose until when one of their guy slip of tongue and leak out that it will be use for serious criminal. Its about why they have to lie in the first place ?" This shows you didn't watch the video at all and just came here to throw your comment.

[@ongbobby6626]

I am OK with the trace together data. Because I don't do anything bad. I felt this thing is good for old folks who cannot find home and police can help to locate them. Or if we suffer injury or fainted, help can be instantly administered.

[@cayotelives]

criminals won't carry token unless its provoked incident no choice

[@mohansingh2171]

VIVIAN. YAWN. YAWN, Going to sleep.

[@puahcardin9375]

讲的准做不够准

[@nathanchen4331]

You said so yourself at the very start you are not a lawyer. If you are not a lawyer don't talk like a lawyer to suit your argument. If you are not police don't talk police work and crimes to suit your argument. If you are a politician, you should resign.

[@etjan555]

You refer to Singh or Vivien......just curious

[@nathanchen4331]

@@etjan555 Why? Vivien wants to sue me? Carry on Lah.

[@etjan555]

@@nathanchen4331 No ...Singh want you to diam diam.....you make thing worse...shhhhh

[@etjan555]

Chill la....dont be childish....

[@etjan555]

Lol.....jkjk....please get angry...lol.....

[@BeachBoi1000]

If u want to track somebody, don’t let them know. I don’t know why WP is so opposed to letting criminal activities being tracked. You really need to ask yourself who are you supporting?

[@etjan555]

Agree......don’t commit crime lor......do Salah Liao,cannot tracks and trace the criminals thru this app.....so funny... Lol......

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

have you not listened ? Mr Singh said that WP fully supports the bill

[@CringeBasedDuality]

Pritam 1-0 Vivian

[@peterchew4018]

Give him a kitkat bf he starts to cry.

[@wenceslauslauzar4865]

I’m

[@arrowstheorem1881]

Dr Chee had a TV debate with Viv during the last GE TV debate. I was impressed by Viv when he used the term "people like you" when rebutting Dr Chee. This is why I vote Viv

[@watcherquek263]

That means that his team 1) seem to lack proper experience in working in the government (ironic, right?) given that no one in his team had thought up the possibility given that privacy was asked repeatedly. 2) they really need senior DPS to advise them instead of listening only to all these young punks on policy. IMO, it is lack of experience or communication with MHA/AGC on this as well as the general policy experience.

[@puahcardin9375]

What u say earlier and what u do different le

[@tanaesther9570]

Hope the opposition and PAP will work together with better understanding and show concern for Singaporeans. Not always find holes here and there....... now Singaporeans always watching their debates..... how to look forward what the country can do for the population.

[@wahidpawana424]

citicism is important so that the one who stayed in power is not complacent of their system.

[@walkert612]

That's how politics work. There should be holes and debates in every issue, in order to make a better implementation later on. Depends which implementation, but so far, less implementation had been revised appropriately than being mentioned during these debates.

[@somerslim25]

cut all the BS; we make a mistake or miscommunication; Now move on.

[@LonganLee]

I like to bring attention to the concept of Power , Control , Freedom and Monopoly , Democracy and importance and purpose of having *ALTERNATIVES* 1. A dominant player like *WhatsApp* has proven can do things that force many to reluctantly agree to their policies they introduce. 2. A dominant app can introduce annoying Ads and you are forced to accept the nuisance due to *No Alternatives* They can even make you pay so that they remove the problem they created for you so that they can earn money from you using their solution to the problem they created. Eg. Anti Virus. 3. Food Delivery monopoly or near monopoly or domination. *MONOPOLY is almost Always Bad* It benefits mainly the guy at the top of the food chain. 4. Alternatives need to be available *AS AN INSURANCE AGAINST UNFAVORABLE TREATMENT GIVEN TO THE WEAK AND VULNERABLE. INSURANCE IS A NECESSARY COST . DEMOCRACY COSTS SOME INEFFICIENCY IN GOVT. BUT ITS VALUE IS AS GREAT AS AN INSURANCE YOU BUY* 5. *Absolute Power. ........ Absolutely* One of the Laws of the Universe undebunkable even by einstein. 6. *AUTOCRACY* is almost always Bad because Leaders cannot be saints. I stand before you as undebunkable as mas selamat is either dead or he must be alive.

[@hawkhea7527]

15:00 👍🏻pin it!

[@skychaos87]

So did Singaporeans or majority of people in the world suddenly stop using whatsapp? Did people not share data on their shopping, gaming and social media apps that are actively exploiting users' data for monetary purpose and self gains? Its honestly all about trust, risk and rewards. You trust whatsapp not to giveaway or publicize your personal data and you decided that letting them collect your data so they can target and personalize ads at you is acceptable so long you want to use their platform. Likewise, TraceTogether is designed to help with contact tracing during the times of pandemic and most people have no qualms about it. Most Singaporeans trust the government and police to not misuse their data and would continue using it as long as it helps save the lives of people. Seriously this whole thing about data and privacy here is a waste of time, people complaining about the possible risks of data being misused but have no problem uploading their personal data and information on social media and shopping apps that poses an even higher risks that doesn't have a higher purpose of helping save lives in a pandemic. Seriously its double standard if people complaining about TraceTogether continues using whatsapp and many other apps that collect your data. Especially google maps which is actively tracing you via gps and collects the data on your footprint and the places you visited.

[@pabloemilioescobargaviria9914]

hi mr vivian you are the best minister in the world, everybody makes mistakes, all singaporeans support you

[@parnamsaini4751]

Need to accept the fact that we can err...you mean?

[@benjamintan4333]

Pritam Singh did only one thing. Complain. He did not come up with TraceTogether or alternatives or developed nor participated in developing or on his own accord supported in his own capacity to aid in any endeavour to combat the virus

[@brandon_den]

Please lah, what complain?! He is reflecting the concerns of Singaporeans, and you say its complain. If he is complaining, then the whole of Singapore also complaining lah? Also what can he do when he is not a cabinet minister? You go and handle covid-19 yourself without any resources and see if you can? Don’t be a d**k and just blast Pritam for the sake of being pro PAP. 🙄

[@benjamintan4333]

@Martin Lee then he has a really easy job

[@benjamintan4333]

@@brandon_den so we agree he has done nothing.

[@benjamintan4333]

@@brandon_den not sure if he needed you to find an excuse for him, he is not reflecting the concerns of all Singaporeans. Guess he tickled you a little more and perked you up. Guess that’s all the good he did today. He is not bad all the time. But today he was abysmal. Opportunistic, self indulgent. But you like that don’t you. Enjoy.

[@benjamintan4333]

@Martin Lee it’s easy. You said he is not expected to do anything. How hard can that be

[@jimmylim736]

Trace Together is somehow an 'investigation' tool. What is the big fuss to use for crime investigation!? If you are 'clean', why worry?

[@yuttb3139]

The didactic south korea endosonographically count because diving histochemically unite to a simplistic wilderness. round, scrawny armchair

[@namojoddi9762]

Napoleons in a drag!

[@whis5448]

What's new for this garmen who said "wear mask only when sick" to mislead all Singaporeans?

[@vincecarlo]

What did you expect fm 4G ? Reactive; solve 1 creates another 3 problems ? 🤭🤭

[@LooNciFeRx]

Vivian 1 : pritam 0 lols. You can tell who is the grown man here.

[@taeyeonist1462]

pritam won here lmao

[@vincecarlo]

@@taeyeonist1462 Yep Ms Vivian Scored the Only Winning Goal; Own Goal

[@jeremyyong3975]

The 390,000 are sheeps! Does not mean nothing. Stop trying to confuse us with your future scenarios of what if? Yet another fear monger tactics

[@benjaminwee9815]

Well done Dr Vivian B 👍🏻

[@eugenesim9195]

Pritam 👎👎👎

[@calvin1252]

Pritnam Singh is a sellout, wow

[@arrowstheorem1881]

I am super unhappy with WP Pritam Singh! 1. He was not Confrontational! Some may not feel he is speaking as a Opposition MP vis-a-vis foreign countries like Taiwan. 2. He support the govt bill and support the need for TT. Some may not feel shiok about this style of Opposition. Just silently support will do. Dun need vocal it mah 3. I cannot find any flaw in his raising the problem to PAP. I not happy about this. To be clear, I support PAP whatever they say now and in the past and then the future. I gonna migrate if WP progress more and more. Sigh.... I thinking to migrate to china, a pure Autocracy

[@seshsampath]

Pritam Singh should take one stand. He is playing cheap politics by saying that TT should be exempted from police using it and at the same time will support Government for introducing rules for TT use by police or criminal classification under which police can use TT data. This issue has been blown out of proportion as police all over the works has access to data from any device to track criminal offences. If you say this is a very small issue, the discussion will be changed to trust issue while the Government was the first to come clean. And the Government has made very clear by releasing the criminal offences. Parliamentary time and resources are wasted in such meaningless discussion. Pritam is playing to the gallery of WP supporters. He knows this is a small issue but admitting and moving on would displease some WP supporters. It requires courage and honesty to admit.

[@taeyeonist1462]

you asked me why wp did not ask for an apology , you claimed your masters did not have to apologise. well slap in the face for you, he did. first you say they don’t dare to demand for apology or clarification, now that they have you say that they are playing to the gallery. you sir are a classic sycophant. :) again i ask you, go and search up on the australian contact tracing device. tell me if they have access to contact tracing data for crime investigations.

[@seshsampath]

@@taeyeonist1462 WP did not ask for an apology from the Government as they don't have any strong view for or against this TT issue. They were wishy washy "We support Government but we like TT not to be used for tracking". There cannot be weaker statement than this one from Pritam. Vivian said he takes full responsibility for this issue and that requires courage and integrity. It shows grace and big thinking to move forward as this is a petty issue for which emotions, time and resources are wasted. I wish LKY was there to address this issue and he would have said "Why are you afraid of TT being used by police for criminal offences when you are not afraid of other devices and services. one has to be a criminal to be afraid about this TT being used by police for serious offences". Current Government does not believe in such tone and wants to adopt a friendly tone. But not all Singaporeans are ready to appreciate and they rather not worry about their privacy being encroached by various ways but worry about TT being used for criminal offences. As Singaporeans, we have to raise our awareness to higher level than whining all the time and waiting for any issue even if it is small to be blown out of proportion. Not healthy for the future of Singapore as this will polarise the small city state with unnecessary debate and rhetoric.

[@taeyeonist1462]

@@seshsampath that was not even what pritam said. you are just a biased sycophant . this isn't a school courtyard, pressing on the issue like pritam did was exactly what I expected of him. his views and questions were very much in line with mine with regards to the whole mistake issue. I was not expecting him to demand an apology like certain members did to sylvia lim or talk about taking a bow and committing harakiri. the actions befit the representative I would like for myself in parliament. what did my pap mp do? nothing. courage and integrity ? talk is cheap. what consequences did vivian face for 'taking responsibility'? it's something he should have done ages ago as a decent human being. take responsibility one day after you find out, not half a year later we now know that vivian had ample opportunity to admit his mistake since June? october? but kept quiet until Jan, chose to persist in his dishonest act and the rest of the pap ministers not a single one of them stepped out to correct his mistake. Yes vivian isn't a lawyer but shanmugam is , there were criminal lawyers present were there not? even if not , the police would be aware that tt data was used for investigation, could have highlighted to home affairs minister and therefore there was simply no excuse for the government to not be forthcoming about this mistake within one week from the date he misspoke on the privacy point , I strongly disagree with you , tt token is a complete unnecessary tool for crime investigation, it's just an added convenience, also this is a democracy and many people feel uncomfortable being surveilied and tracked regardless of what they are or are not doing. if you enjoy being watched, well just too bad for you , you're the minority . on the lky point - completely irrelevant I think we need to move on from the lky era. stop bringing up strawmans I think the pap have mismanaged this covid situation really badly and I will cast my vote accordingly

[@seshsampath]

@@taeyeonist1462 If a person is sleeping, that person can be woken up. If the person is pretending to be sleeping, it is impossible to wake up. You refuse to see the reality. Any device (video surveillance, mobile phone, social media, e mail, apps used for banking and Government services, etc, etc) come under CPC for criminal investigation. Future devices such as AI and other forms will come under CPC for criminal investigation. TT has to come under CPC whether it is used or not for criminal offences. This is automatic for criminal investigation. So this is not an issue unless a person is a criminal. Vivian said he realised it and was working to get TT exempted from CPC but that was not possible. He admitted that he misspoke and Government has released guidelines in parliament and approved. And he admitted that he takes full responsibility. Pritam was wishy washy and he should object to all methods of tracking for criminal investigation to protect privacy. As I said before, use of TT for criminal investigation is going to be one of several millions entries. There is only one such tracking using TT as I understand and compare that to 100 millions safe entries that could have happened with TT. Singapore has done a great job in managing the pandemic. I talked to many people in many countries and they wish they were in Singapore. We are lucky for now to be living in Singapore. You are emotional and who you vote for is your prerogative but you are wrong and to think that you are right is also your prerogative. It is also your prerogative to think that WP has set of competent people even though they can't run their own town councils properly and how Jamus flip flopped on minimum wage and said this was not the time to introduce even thought he introduced. Vote for whoever you want. But I maintain that this TT issue has been blown out of proportion and people who oppose are emotional and have hatred for PAP on anything they do. I promise you I am not from PAP.

[@taeyeonist1462]

@@seshsampath everyone who is investigated at a crime scene includes both criminals and non criminals. The CPC does not provide for only access to criminal data. Indeed at the stage where the data is a necessity to obtain, the suspect has , in all likelihood not been proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. So your point about only criminals being involved is uninformed naivety. You seem to have problems comprehending the points raised in Pritam's / Sylvia's speeches, in fact i doubt you even listened to them. "Future devices such as AI..." your point on people who are envious is completely irrelevant to this discussion. Singapore has done a very poor job at managing the pandemic, unless of course you insist on comparing our performance with countries like India. You take such great pains to defend your masters when they make mistakes, but refuse to give up on the town council issue which occurred a full decade ago , do you see the irony here? If the person who mispoke was not Vivian but Jamus, you would be a lot more vindictive in your criticism no doubt. You criticise Jamus for 'flip-flopping' but are blind when your own master does the same, with GST raising, and now with this TT saga. You sir, are an uninformed, blinded, sycophant and hypocrite.