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0:00​​ - THE BIG STORY

1:08 - FORMER MINISTER KHAW BOON WAN TO BE CHAIRMAN OF SPH'S NEW MEDIA ENTITY
Former Cabinet minister Khaw Boon Wan will chair the board of the new not-for-profit entity to be set up after Singapore Press Holdings restructures its media operations. Read the story: https://str.sg/Jtzr

Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran told Parliament on Monday (May 10) that this decision to appoint him has been discussed with SPH's current management shareholders, who agreed that Mr Khaw is the right choice, given the national importance of the task and scale of the challenge. He added that Mr Khaw has a proven track record for taking on difficult issues and is held in high standing in Singapore.

4:39 - PRITAM SINGH RAISES CONCERNS OVER SPH MEDIA'S FUNDING, EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE
Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh clashed with Mr Iswaran over the Government's potential funding as well as the editorial independence of SPH's new media entity. Read the story: https://str.sg/JtKG

13:28 - COVID-19 SINGAPORE UPDATE
The Health Ministry on Monday announced 19 new Covid-19 cases, including three in the community. Of the three cases, two work in Changi Airport Terminal 3 and are linked to the Changi Airport cluster. Professor Eric Finkelstein, from the Health Services and Systems Research Programme at Duke-NUS Medical School, weighs in on the emergence of new Covid-19 clusters here. Read the story: https://str.sg/JtKw

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