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1984: Singapore installing island-wide camera network
Borneo Post – Singapore has begun installing police surveillance cameras that will eventually cover all 10,000 public-housing blocks across the island, officials confirmed yesterday. The move immediately drew mixed reactions in a city-state already famous for being one of the world’s safest societies but now undergoing political transition as citizens demand greater freedom from government control. “Welcome to Big Brother!” popular local satirist Mr Brown wrote on Twitter, referring to a fictional character in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty Four about a totalitarian state where each citizen is watched by a camera.Installations have begun at 300 blocks and by 2016 the cameras will be operational on the ground floors of all 10,000 government-built apartment blocks where over 80 per cent of the population live. Entry and exit points of public car parks will also be covered. Read Article
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