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Bathe-less Campaign: One People, One Nation, One Scent | Fake News Broadcast

[Breaking News] In response to the recent hikes in water prices, the government has announced new campaigns to help citizens conserve water. Molly Tan reports for the DNA.

Posted by Sng Yi Xian Issa on Thursday, 30 March 2017

Infographic about the increase in water prices announced in the 2017 Budget. Image source: Channel News Asia

Recently, one of the largest news topics in Singapore has been the 30% hike in water prices. Water prices have not increased in the past 17 years, but will do so this July.

Location, location!

Apologies for the poor audio quality! The area was very windy, and I only realised it post-broadcast. As some of my questions can’t be heard clearly, here they are:

Q: Do you know about the recent 30% increase in water prices?

Q: What have you and your family been doing to save water?

Q: The government has just announced a bathe-less campaign to help people to conserve water. They will be providing residents with a government-issued deodorant which can be collected at community centres. Will you be collecting your government-issued deodorant?

Q: The tagline for this new campaign is ‘One People, One Nation, One Scent’. Do you think this is effective?  (This is a pun on a national slogan ‘One People, One Nation, One Singapore’)

Some Post-broadcast Thoughts

Although the interviewees were uncertain and slightly taken aback by the fake news, they responded to the questions sincerely and thoughtfully. They were really nice about it and perhaps this was due to their awareness of being filmed.

This week’s broadcast has made me more aware of the limitations of a phone camera when broadcasting. I’ll also have to project my voice more in the future, especially when the camera is further away!