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Singapore will emerge strongly from COVID-19 crisis

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: SINGAPORE
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Singapore AP ASEAN China Myanmar United States

Topical: economy international relations politics social employment foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade government growth health investment party election infrastructure shipping technology tourism
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2021), "Singapore will emerge strongly from COVID-19 crisis", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB262326

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Significance

In early April, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that he was stepping aside as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s designated successor. The key challenge in foreign policy remains navigating the regional fallout of escalating US-China tensions.

Impacts

Major infrastructure projects such as construction of a new terminal at Changi Airport will resume as the economy picks up.
The lucrative tourism industry will revive slowly with the introduction of travel bubbles and vaccine passports.
Singapore will aim to become a regional hub for production of COVID-19 vaccines.

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