Kenneth Tiong on Public Sector (Governance) (Amendment) Bill

Deeper public-private collaboration is inevitable and data will flow to where it creates value, but we should learn the lessons of TraceTogether, said MP Kenneth Tiong. "TraceTogether taught us that non-transparency about data sharing has costs ... this bill should learn that lesson”, he said in parliament on Monday (Jan 12). Stressing that transparency makes data sharing sustainable in the long term, he asked for three commitments - a public register, a mechanism to track and report citizen benefit, and a formal review within five years. He also flagged two concerns about organisational accountability - a data governance gap and a liability gap.