Singapore’s Merlion statue and financial district. Photo: AP
World Economic Forum: a calculated risk for Covid-safe Singapore
- The forum’s switch from Davos, Switzerland, to the Southeast Asian country is a PR coup and promises a boon for the troubled business tourism sector
- But as the shelved Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble shows, Covid-19 fortunes are fickle and an international conference is a ‘high stakes event’
Singapore’s Merlion statue and financial district. Photo: AP