#Coronavirus Lockdown - Increasing Interest as Outbreak Continues

#KhorReports infographic on #coronavirus #covid19 #lockdown in #socialmedia data. Notably, #India under lockdown, Prince Charles tests positive and Greta Thunberg says she reckons she has been recovering from it. Tokyo Summer #Olympics2020 postponed. #dirumahaja #DudukdiRumah #StayHome #StayAtHome #Quedateentucasa #Ficaemcasa #RestezChezVous #iorestoacasa And more hashtags... #StayHomeStaySafe #NotDying4WallStreet #QuarantineandChill #LockdownNow #Covidiots #MyPandemicSurvivalPlan #FlattenTheCurve #SocialDistancing #TogetherAtHome

The Busiest Land Crossing in Southeast Asia: Part #2 - Adjustments & Rethinking for Daily Commuters

Continuing from our first post on the closing of the Johor-Singapore crossing, drastic adjustments and rethinking for Malaysian commuting daily to the Singapore for work. As swathes of people flock the causeway into the city-state, Singapore authorities and employers scramble to facilitate temporary accommodation. Many workers who successfully crossed the border had to sleep rough at train stations (see picture). Those left behind were later allowed to resume work in Singapore.

Accordingly, Singaporean online public interest in matters related the Johor-Singapore crossing lockdown spiked around the time when the Movement Control Order was announced (17 Mar 2020) and enforced (18 Mar 2020) (see graph and map).

On our previous post about the Johor-Singapore crossing see Part #1.

The Busiest Land Crossing in Southeast Asia: Part #1 - Virus Closes It

At the stroke of midnight on 18 Mar 2020, the Johor-Singapore border sealed shut following the enforcement of the two-week Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia. The MCO left one of the busiest land crossing in the world strangely empty the following morning, a stark contrast from the night before when Malaysians workers scrambled to cross into the city-state before the borders were closed.

Data from the Beat the Jam! app shows a comparison between the time typically taken to clear the immigration checkpoints and the time taken on 17-18 Mar 2020. Also see photos showing the difference in traffic congestion on the Causeway at midnight and the morning of 18 Mar 2020.

On the next post about the Johor-Singapore crossing, see Part #2.

Online Public Interest: Part #3 - Coffee, Child Labour, and the Coronavirus

Here's the final #KhorReports short review on public opinion about #coffee. This time, we also take a look at how the coronavirus is affecting coffee demand. Our case study is Starbucks in China and Indonesia and we also note that it expects at 50% yoy global sales drop for 1Q2020!

As for online worries about child labour in the coffee industry, we turn to a one-year chart of the ups-and-downs of public sentiment (note the right hand side axis on the bottom left chart shows 0, so above is positive sentiment and below is the opposite). Public sentiment dived recently, and Nespresso also got caught up in this, while Starbucks was no stranger to it. The associated hashtags, the key influencers and emoji associations are listed above. There were over 13,000 mentions in the last year of coffee and child labor/labour and the bulk of them were in the United States and United Kingdom.

On our previous posts about coffee & child labour concerns, see Part #1 and Part #2.

Online Public Interest: Part #2 - The Third Wave Coffee Movement

Here's another #KhorReports snippet on online public interest in the issue of #coffee and #childlabour. The article that caught our attention this time explained that despite the current “third wave coffee movement”, which focuses on the principles of traceability and fair trade, farmers are still not getting their dues.

On coffee & child labour concerns, see Part #1 and Part #3.

Online Public Interest: Part #1 - The Price of a Cup of Coffee

Here's a #KhorReports snippet on online public interest in #coffee and #childlabor and #childlabour. Recently, we read an article concerning this problem on Guatemalan coffee farms. But the issue has been already of interest for months, including in the US and elsewhere.

More on coffee & child labour concerns, see Part #2 and Part #3.