Emerging Stronger taskforce will have its work cut out in a bellicose world

THE Emerging Stronger taskforce announced recently by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has received scant public attention amid the more pressing needs in the fight against Covid-19.

It is, in fact, a key proactive initiative because once the pandemic ends the global economic landscape would surely have shifted, possibly in no small way. Covid-19 has claimed some 180,000 lives and endangered the livelihood of more than a billion people around the world, which is why even the hardest hit countries are pondering how to reopen for business safely.

Singapore policymakers typically are already thinking beyond the immediate future.