FAKE NEWS: Malaysia's MyEG Services RM 800 million partnership with Singapore's TraceTogether
WARNING!!! FAKE NEWS!!! KUALA LUMPUR: Rumors are circulating about final talks of Malaysia's MYEG Services Bhd and Singapore's Government owned app TraceTogether . It pertains the development of an app with real-time monitoring of COVID-19 as well as other health and criminal hazards in a given user's vicinity. The budget is rumored to be around 800 million Ringgit Malaysia to 1 billion. According to a statement by the Smart Nation Office under the Prime Minister’s Office in Singapore, there are about 1.8 million people who have downloaded the TraceTogether app, but "it is not enough," as the app does not currently cover the digitally excluded population including the elderly and young children who may not have smartphones. They hope to alleviate this by teaming app with Malaysia's MyEG team who have more experience in building apps that are more kid and elderly-friendly. Another issue with Singapore's TraceTogether is that the app does not work relia