The Big Story: Tharman on building a more cohesive society post Covid-19; Police investigating Facebook user who claims to have flagged WP's Raeesah Khan's social media posts

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SINGAPORE - Catch up on the hottest topics on The Straits Times' weekday talk show.

The Big Story, broadcast every weekday at 5.30pm on Facebook and YouTube, has reporters and senior editors discussing the top stories of the day, in the heart of the newsroom.

The show is helmed by multimedia journalist Dylan Ang and assistant video editor Olivia Quay, and airs live from ST's digital studio.

On Tuesday's episode (July 7), we recap Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam's comments that Singapore must build a more cohesive society post-Covid-19.

We speak to correspondent Danson Cheong, as he shares his thoughts on SM Tharman's speech.

In the meantime, Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh and Sylvia Lim also address comments made during Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Fullerton Rally on Monday, saying that he is presenting a "false choice" to voters.

With two days to Cooling-off Day, candidates continue to be out and about on their campaign trail. We share some of the highlights of the day's action.

Topics covered in previous episodes of The Big Story include Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat calling for integrity regarding the "10 million population" issue, and Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's retirement from politics.

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