150 Chinese-speaking participants who attended the REACH-UFM1003-Shin Min Daily News Physical Mandarin Dialogue (好好谈一谈 之 乐龄 e 起来) were actively engaged in the discussion on digitalisation and online safety held at the SPH Media Auditorium on 21 September.
The dialogue concludes a series of engagements by the government’s feedback unit, REACH, on anti-scam efforts which spanned radio, print and online through SPH Media’s Chinese-language evening paper Shin Min Daily News and radio station UFM100.3.
It is also the first of three dialogues planned in FY23 as part of initiatives by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF).
Moderated by UFM 100.3 DJ Wei Long, the panel comprised:
- Minister for Communications and Information (MCI) & Second Minister for Home Affairs, Mrs Josephine Teo
- Assistant Director for Anti-Scam Command of the Commercial Affairs Department in the Singapore Police Force, Assistant Commissioner Ms Aileen Yap, and
- Silver Infocomm Wellness Ambassador, Dr Chiew Tuan Kiang
In the 2 ½ hour event, the panellists introduced the government’s scam protection efforts, the latest scam trends, as well as anti-scam tips. Mrs Teo also shared new data generated from an MCI poll on public sentiments towards scams in Singapore.
Attendees learned various ways of protecting themselves from online scams. This includes differentiating between real and fake websites as well as how to use the ScamShield WhatsApp Service to easily check and report any suspicious activities or potential scams.
The session was enhanced by interactive tools such as Mentimeter that allowed the audience to actively participate and share their concerns and suggestions to improve online safety.
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