A tale of 2 (kinds of) deaths

A tale of 2 (kinds of) deaths

Mention the name Lo Hwei Yen and nearly everyone will know who she is, and perhaps even have a mental picture of her face. Within Facebook, there are at least 3 groups dedicated to Ms Lo, with one group comprising 15,554 members. Now mention the names Noraini Kasim and Aminah Samijo and what do you get?

Ms Lo was Singapore’s first terror victim so that may explain the media interest and exposure given to her, versus the deaths of Madam Noraini Kasim and Mdm Aminah Samijo who died of food poisoning from eating Indian rojak. That is a story for another day.

For now, I am just amused by how much resources are put into national defence and security, versus public health. I do not know the numbers, but I am sure the total number of Singaporeans who have died from food poisoning is significantly large enough to warrant more and better ministerial oversight and a greater allocation of budget.

As a related point, anti-conscription activists may take issue with the number of servicemen deaths (and women; not forgetting the 4 who served on RSS Courageous) resulting from routine training or peace-time operations despite the huge investments made in perfecting a snazzy ‘3G’ army.

Singaporeans must be discerning on what this top class government ought to be offering its citizens and not be distracted by PAP’s weapons of mass distraction and shadow-play.

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