Ms Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance and National Development, graced the SIIA’s ASEAN & Asia Focus 2021 on Wednesday, 31 March 2021. Here’s what she had to say about employees returning to the work place starting today. ...
COMMENT: While international partners can try to foster dialogue between the domestic players in Myanmar, the complex situation ultimately needs to be resolved domestically. Simon Tay, Chairman at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, thinks that a complete dissolution of the military in Myanmar may not...
Since the military intervention on 1 February 2021, the situation in Myanmar has grown increasingly tense, with the military taking aggressive steps to consolidate its power. Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the SIIA spoke to Mothership on 10 March 2021 about Singapore and ASEAN’s...
It has now been over a year since COVID-19 was first recognised as a global pandemic. While vaccination programmes are now beginning, there has been much debate about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, especially with new variants of the virus emerging, and it is not...
While some countries have taken to looking inwards as a result of the pandemic, the harsh reality is that “Singapore’s economy is not big enough to sustain interest from multinational companies”, according to Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the SIIA. In an interview with Rice...
This year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting will be held in Singapore from 25 to 28 May 2021. This is only the second time in its 50-year history that the WEF is held outside of Davos, Switzerland. What does this mean for Singapore? Read more...
“Sijori”- an acronym for Singapore, Johor in Malaysia and Riau province in Western Indonesia was popularised in the 1990s as a growth triangle that would benefit all three countries. While it has since lost its popularity, Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the SIIA, argued...
Ms. Meixi Gan, Assistant Director, Sustainability, at the SIIA, said that Singapore is "well positioned" to pursue business opportunities in the green economy. She noted that "sustainability, resilience and inclusive growth have been identified as key elements of Singapore's post-COVID-19 economic strategy, and that the...
By Simon Tay and Meixi Gan For The Jakarta Post If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries would be at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow this month. Governments had pledged to negotiate rules for a global carbon market and improve their nationally...
At the 7th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources (SDSWR), Mr. Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment invited the international community to support the Indonesian government's efforts to ensure the welfare of its population and protect the environment. He added that...