Learn from and build on response to disruptions: DPM

Pandemic has presented rare opportunity to rethink cities of the future; also thrown up issues about Smart Nation

Sharon See

Published Tue, Jun 22, 2021 · 05:50 AM

Covid-19

Singapore

EXPECT disruptions, but treat each disruption as a different crisis, even if they may look the same.

That was Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat's takeaway on what cities can do to recover from a disruptive event such as the Covid-19 pandemic. He was speaking during a fireside chat moderated by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong at the World Cities Summit which has adopted a hybrid format this year.