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Sugar tax, more access to water to help curb diabetes
Measures to promote healthier living include having more drinking points in public areas
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A Riverside Primary School pupil refilling his bottle at a water cooler. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong wants to saturate Singapore with readily available drinking water to wean people off sweetened drinks.
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Imagine a Singapore where there is free drinking water on hand wherever you go, and a sugar tax on your packaged drinks.
These moves are on the agenda as Health Minister Gan Kim Yong ramps up the war against diabetes.
