03 Feb 2021
At the Singapore Parliamentary session on 2 February 2021, Member of Parliament Yip Hon Weng referenced SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan’s book “Combating a Crisis” when emphasising the importance of public trust in Government relating to the collection, storage and use of the TraceTogether data. Mr Yip noted that Prof Chan has highlighted that this public trust is affected by previous related events, how agencies work together and public communication.