SINGAPORE – Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung used his social media accounts to thank bus drivers and report passengers who abuse them.
On Sunday (August 23), he wrote on his Facebook and Instagram pages: “We would possibly be living in dubious times due to Covid-19, but it is no excuse for physically or verbally abusing other human beings who fulfill their duties. . The last thing we want on a bus is a passenger who doesn’t cooperate and is abusive.
“Goodness is the cornerstone of a concerned society. Let’s be there for our uncles and our aunts on the bus.”
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Ong added that bus drivers start their days at four in the morning. “They alone order and drive a bus at the right time and in a timely manner. They send the youngest to the oldest of our families at school, work, market and grocery shopping. ,” he wrote.
The post arrives 4 days after a Facebook user posted a video of himself verbally abusing a bus driving force that did not allow him to board a public bus by testing a mask for the neck of a face mask.
In the 15-minute live video, Mr. Nimal De Silva is heard commenting on the incident as the driving force seeks help. It is also noted that the passenger refuses a mask offer from the passenger.
The video ends with the police the guy and the bus driver.
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Police said they were alerted to a case of intentional harassment of a public service worker and public inconvenience along the Nicoll Highway at 6 p.m. last Wednesday.
They’re investigating the case.
Under covid-19 (Temporary Measures), a “mask” includes any paper or textile coating designed or manufactured to be used in the nose and mouth to provide coverage against infections or air pollution, but excludes a face shield.
In response to Straits Times questions, attorney Rajan Supramaniam said: “The Ministry of Health (MOH) provides a clearer direction on whether the neck mask, as well as other pieces of fabric, such as scarves and scarves, can be used as facial substitutes. enlighten the audience.
“It is also in the police’s interest to know what is appropriate for them to apply the regulations unambiguously.”
According to the Ministry of Health’s website, “a mask that covers the nose and mouth (i.e. without leaving an area between the mask and the face) should be used when other people leave their homes.”
Contacted, a spokesman for the ministry said: “The Ministry of Health proposes the use of a mask for the neck and handkerchiefs as a mask.”
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This article was first published in The Straits Times.