Recent events such as the Hong Kong protests, suggested tax on sugar and proposed ban on personal mobility devices (PMDs), as well as the cancellation by Yale-NUS College of the "Dialogue and Dissent" module, have raised questions about where the balance between freedom of choice and government intervention lies.
These questions are not new and there are many facets to the debate.
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