SINGAPORE - In yet another sign of Singapore moving closer to treating Covid-19 as endemic, a panel that grants urgent reliefs to businesses and individuals unable to fulfil their contractual obligations during the pandemic will wind down. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - In yet another sign of Singapore moving closer to treating Covid-19 as endemic, a panel that grants urgent reliefs to businesses and individuals unable to fulfil their contractual obligations during the pandemic will wind down.
On Monday, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law Rahayu Mahzam said in Parliament that the panel was formed in April 2020 to help businesses and individuals affected by Covid-19. The reliefs were granted to firms with construction, supply, event and tourism-related contracts and applied for certain periods, the last of which ended on Feb 28.
This ensures consistency with other statutes such as the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, which do not have a similar show cause procedure, said Ms Rahayu. The Protection from Harassment Act was also updated to provide volunteers who frequently interact with the public and provide services similar to public service workers with the same protection against harassment as public service workers.