Singapore in 2020: The “Crisis of a Generation” - Challenges, change, and consequences

• Main Author: EUGENE, Tan K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Elections; Singapore; pandemic; Covid-19; politics and government; Asian Studies; Law and Society; Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Health
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3629; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_openaire_primary_doi_dc6e09b2c8bc66e52c95443e85e4ceb1&context=PC&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Singapore%20in%202020:%20The%20%E2%80%9CCrisis%20of%20a%20Generation%E2%80%9D%20-%20Challenges,%20change,%20and%20consequences&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The year 2020 was a trying one, with the full ramifications of the crisis indeterminate for the country’s politics, economy and society. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong described the COVID-19 global pandemic as the “crisis of a generation” for Singapore and Singaporeans. The imperative to...