#212 - Singapore tightens COVID restrictions & BooksActually co-founder accused of misconduct by ex-employees

As quickly as we embarked on a COVID-endemic strategy, Singapore has tightened restrictions on social gatherings once again. It’s not the first time we’ve clamped down to reduce the spread, but why is there so much more frustration this time? In other news, the co-founder of indie bookstore BooksActually, a longstanding bastion of Singapore literature, was accused by several female ex-employees of misconduct in a bombshell exposé published by Rice Media over the weekend. Was the SingLit community complicit in letting this open secret slide?

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Singapore tightens COVID restrictions

• Singapore reports a record 1,939 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths - CNA
• Singapore Returns to Work-From-Home as Covid Cases Surge - Bloomberg
• 'This is poor planning': Covid-19 home recovery patients voice confusion, frustration over what to do - The Straits Times
• Daily Covid-19 cases to hit over 3,000 if unchecked, straining hospitals already under ‘tremendous pressure’: Task force - TODAY
• Covid-19: A mask-off scenario in Singapore only possible in 1-2 years, says expert
• BC's Restart: A plan to bring us back together

BooksActually co-founder accused of misconduct by ex-employees

• Built on uneasy compromises: The young women behind BooksActually speak up
• BooksActually's Kenny Leck apologises for 'causing pain' after female ex-employees allege misconduct - The Straits Times
• Facebook Post by Kenny Leck
• BooksActually saga: Sing Lit Station ends partnership
• NAC says it has no existing partnerships with BooksActually, amid allegations over bookstore’s co-founder Kenny Leck
• LATEST: Joint Letter About BooksActually from Math Paper Press Authors

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