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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 Mon, Jun 21, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    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.

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