Lesson from Covid-19 : Money alone is not enough.

Money alone is not enough.

Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said Singapore was able to attract $17.2 billion in fixed asset investments in 2020 despite the pandemic gloom because of competence and good governance, the trust premium that undergirds our regulatory system and Intellectual Property regime and our skilled workforce.

𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞.

On social media, there are people who simply cannot understand the importance of keeping our borders open. They have a reaction each time imported cases are announced. They don't understand that their own future would be at stake if we shut our borders.

Shutting borders is not an option. Managing imported cases is the option. And Singaporeans ourselves must not be complacent or we will have clusters in the community because we fail to remove ourselves from the community when we are sick.