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Calls to re-emphasise the importance of Asean have been made as Singapore looks to reopen its economy
progressively and re-establish itself as a key regional hub. This would seem timely given positive sentiments
about Singapore’s recovery – the 2021 CEO Outlook Survey by KPMG found that 92 per cent of chief
executive officers here were confident about growth prospects…

Read the full article on The Straits Times.


Simon Tay and Satya Ramamurthy are, respectively, chairman and associate council member of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, as well as lead authors of the report New Horizons: Global And Regional Strategies For Singapore’s Future. Simon Tay is also associate professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. Satya Ramamurthy is a partner and head of infrastructure, government and healthcare at KPMG Singapore.

This article was first published in The Straits Times on 6 October 2021.

Source: The Straits Times © Singapore Press Holdings Limited. Reprinted with permission

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