S1E2: The global hunt for masks
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Synopsis: This podcast series is based on selected chapters from a book, detailing Singapore\\u2019s experience battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The book - written by journalists of The Straits Times and edited by ST\\u2019s executive editor Sumiko Tan - is titled In This Together: Singapore\'s Covid-19 Story and is available in major bookstores now. Details online: https://www.stbooks.sg/
\\nIn this second episode of six instalments, ST\'s health correspondent Timothy Goh tells the story of how Singapore secretly and quickly despatched individuals and teams overseas from late January 2020, to procure masks and other essential items in the early days of the pandemic.
\\nHe reveals how Singapore managed to bring home full-scaled mask-production capabilities on the quiet.
\\nHighlights (click/tap above): (Headphones recommended)
\\n01:25 Mr Jayakumar Manickam: Managing logistics for ST Logistics in Singapore one day, flying to India secretly the next day to secure a large shipment of masks in India for the Singapore Government
\\n06:20 Mr Chan Chun Sing, who was Minister for Trade and Industry till May 2021, on the calculations for managing Singapore\'s existing stockpile of masks
\\n07:15 Panic-buying; modern-day mask piracy even on the tarmac in various countries
\\n08:25 Mr Gabriel Lim, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, on the "Wild Wild West-styled" global mask-buying frenzy
\\n08:55 How Singapore quietly made plans to manufacture its own surgical masks with ST Engineering bringing back its machines, stuck in Taiwan, after an export ban on masks there
\\n10:00 ST Engineering\\u2019s Gareth Tang on overseeing the operation
\\n15:15 Catching up with ST Logistics\\u2019 Lian Yong De in 2022, on the made-in-Singapore mask industry, and Mr Gabriel Lim, on Singapore\'s capabilities in the face of the possible next big virus variant
\\nIn This Together: Singapore\'s Covid-19 Story retails for $28 (with GST) at major bookstores. It is also available on the Straits Times Press website: https://www.stbooks.sg/
\\nEpisode 3 will be out next on April 18, and you can find out the inner workings of Singapore\\u2019s Covid-19 War Room.
\\nListen to Ep 1 on how 24 people saved one life: https://str.sg/wuJa
\\nProduced by: Timothy Goh (timgoh@sph.com.sg),\\xa0Ernest Luis and Hadyu Rahim
\\nEdited by: Hadyu Rahim
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