Singapore

A RECORD S$25 billion is earmarked for the next five years in the government's continuing efforts to tap science and technology in building a Singapore that will be more resilient, sustainable and digitalised - and which will emerge stronger in a post-Covid world.

"Science, technology and innovation will be critical to overcome Covid-19 and in enabling us to emerge stronger," Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Friday at a Zoom press conference to unveil the new 5-year Research, Innovation and Enterprise plan (RIE 2025).