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Profit from Covid-19 profiteers, with the help of regular market forces

Wed, Feb 19, 2020 - 5:50 AM

The kiasu hoarder shows up and empties shelves of essential supplies, leaving the rest with nothing.

BT PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR

THE spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus has led to a severe global shortage of face masks as panicked consumers stockpile them. Understandably, the Singapore government has decided to clamp down on the many profiteers locally selling masks at unusually high prices. Minister Chan Chun Sing...

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