07/13/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/12/2021 20:00
DPM Heng Swee Keat at the Asia Tech X Singapore Summit 2021
Distinguished guests,
A very good morning.
This inaugural Summit takes place at a critical juncture, as we seek to recover from the global fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The virus has taken the world by storm, in a manner that none of us could have imagined. 4 million lives have been lost. Countless livelihoods have been disrupted.
The pandemic sent the global economy into a tailspin, and the world is seeking to recover from its worst recession in a century.
Some are wondering if 2020 marked the end of a long period of globalisation as we know it.