Priorities for Singapore in 2022: pandemic, politics, presidency, patriarchy, and planet

BY ALL accounts, 2021 was a challenging year. It was the second year of the raging pandemic. Its dominance and unpredictable arc means that governments and people around the world have had to constantly adapt to the ever-changing normality.

Although vaccinations have provided some measure of confidence to individual and collective well-being, new variants of the coronavirus - such as the Delta and Omicron - prevent humankind from claiming victory.

We should be prepared for the third year to be as challenging as the first two. We have been here before.