Singapore's Experience living with COVID: Policy lessons for Hong Kong?
Channel: HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS)
Date: 2022-03-21

Hong Kong and Singapore share a number of similarities, and both are currently experiencing very high infections due to the Omicron variant.  Yet their governmental responses are polar opposites: Hong Kong still pursues a dynamic zero-COVID strategy, while Singapore has chosen, cautiously, to live with COVID. What explains the differences in approach? Why and how was Singapore able to change its strategy from containment to mitigation? What are the likely impacts and implications for their position as global cities? And what, if any, are the lessons that Hong Kong can draw from Singapore's experience living with Covid?

The speakers at this webinar are Jun Jie Woo (NUS), Xun Wu (HKUST) and Joanne Yoong (USC) with Donald Low (HKUST) as the moderator. 

This webinar is jointly organised by HKUST Leadership And Public Policy Executive Education Program (LAPP) and Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS).

Find out more about this event at https://iems.ust.hk/events/talk/2022/woo-wu-joong-low-sinapore-experience-living-with-covid-policy-lessons-for-hong-kong