In about a week from today, hundreds of thousands of workers, forced to forfeit their salaries as the government imposed a blanket ban on alcohol sales, travel restrictions and an earlier curfew, will start getting money under a revived wage relief programme. 

It’s a laudable move but one can’t help wondering: Why did it take so long?..

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