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Leaving vulnerable groups behind in this digital divide could worsen current social inequalities.
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Yuen Sin, Hariz Baharudin
SINGAPORE - While the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalisation in some sectors, it has also raised concerns that vulnerable segments of society are being left behind in a so-called digital divide.
In the absence of a clear measure of the digital divide here, there are some official figures that suggest there could be some who fall through the cracks.
