Movies

The Big Story: Will S'pore reopen further on June 21? Expert weighs in


SINGAPORE – Catch up on the hottest topics on The Straits Times’ weekday talk show.

The Big Story, broadcast every weekday at 5.30pm on Facebook and YouTube, has reporters and senior editors discussing the top stories of the day.

The show is helmed by multimedia correspondent Hairianto Diman and assistant video editor Olivia Quay, and airs live from ST’s digital studio.

There were 27 confirmed Covid-19 cases as at Thursday noon (June 17), including 20 in the community. Of the 20 community cases, two are currently unlinked.

Testing for Covid-19 was quick and smooth at the void deck of Block 80D Telok Blangah Street 31, as stallholders and cleaners from the Telok Blangah Drive Food Centre and Market turned up for mandatory swabbing on Thursday morning.

The temporary test site was set up after a second worker at the food centre was confirmed to be infected on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in an Instagram and Facebook post on Wednesday, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said the multi-ministry task force tackling Covid-19 is reviewing the timing and scope of the second stage of the economy’s reopening, in the light of the emergence of a major Covid-19 cluster at the Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre and other new Covid-19 cases.

Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore, weighs in on these developments.

And don’t miss out on this week’s Life Picks.

Food editor Tan Hsueh Yun talks about the draw of private dining, especially during this period when dining in at eateries is not allowed.

Film correspondent John Lui reviews new Pixar movie Luca, coming out on Disney+ on Friday.

And journalist Toh Wen Li shares more on a new exhibition by Singapore’s oldest living pioneer artist Lim Tze Peng.





READ SOURCE

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies.