MP SPEAKS | On fighting Covid-19 and combating corruption

MP SPEAKS | The world has now recorded a total of nearly 72 million cases, 1.61 million deaths and 47 million people have recovered. On a country basis, the US has recorded the highest number of infections, at 16.2 million cases and with 298,000 deaths.

In contrast, the earlier epicentre of the pandemic, Wuhan in particular and China in general, have done exceedingly well.

There is no more a pandemic there, with life and the economy returning to normal.

What lessons can we learn so far on a global basis?

I believe that the secret of China’s success in overcoming the pandemic, is not just the large financial, advanced technological and medicinal resources that they have at their disposal but their belief and practice on the Asian value of collective responsibility and discipline, that the interest of the community or society at large must always come first before the individual.

In this respect, I would like to congratulate China on their fantastic success.

In the US, on the other hand, the concept of personal freedom for many people there can be rather extreme...