Digital Divide: Tech helps improve lives but also leaves some struggling

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Senior finance executive Phillip Ang's heart sinks each time he has to use his mobile phone to scan QR codes for contact tracing before entering public places.

A spinal muscular atrophy condition prevents Mr Ang, 55, from moving his hands much, and the QR codes are "always too high", so he has to ask for help.

Written by
Hariz Baharudin and Yuen Sin
The Straits Times

Saturday,
7 November 2020

Merit Award, Story