KF Seetoh: Covid-19 directives “confusing and conflicting”

Singapore — KF Seetoh has taken to social media again to call out the “confusing and conflicting” Covid-19 directives set out by the government.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday (Oct 13), Mr Seetoh said that despite the directive to live “as normal as you can”, “it’s pathetic to see families celebrating budget Children’s Day or birthdays of their kids over 2 tables at the hawkers..and no mingling. That is not normal”, he wrote. Mr Seetoh remarked that it was strange that a family that lives together cannot be seen together outside their home.

On the subject of the unvaccinated, he said that although people can choose not to get vaccinated, they should not have the right to harm those who are vaccinated. “Keep them away till this blows over. The majority will thank them”, he added.

Pointing to further contradictions in the rules, he noted that families of four with unvaccinated children could travel on flights but were not allowed to go to hawkers or kopitiam.

Mr Seetoh, the founder of Makansutra and advocate of all things hawker highlighted yet more decisions that don’t make sense to him:

“You wanted to help the struggling hawkers, yet you chose to close the hawker centres for major cleaning over 3-4mths, and deprive them of what little they struggle to earn and make ends meet. And oh, that ‘raise their rent because the paperwork says so’ directive… (jeees, you gotta check your art of compassion on this one)”.

He cautioned those co-helming the Multi-Ministry Taskforce on Covid-19: “Keep up the mess and confusion and this country will follow suit, because people trust you. Be visionary in your leadership.. just like how the old guard fought for independence, with no resources, water, housing and with an uneducated population. Look at where we are today”.  /TISG