Lunch with Sumiko: Pandemic fighter Kenneth Mak believes in being Mr Approachable

Director of medical services Kenneth Mak places great store on being approachable, even when he's in the thick of tackling a pandemic.

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Director of medical services Kenneth Mak places great store in being approachable, even when he's in the thick of tackling a pandemic, he tells Executive Editor Sumiko Tan.
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Associate Professor Kenneth Mak has become such a familiar face to Singaporeans that you feel you know him, even before you have met him.

As the director of medical services (DMS), he has appeared at almost every press conference held by the multi-ministry task force on Covid-19.

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