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Singapore will come out of Covid-19 better and stronger The opening of Singapore’s 14th Parliament took place on Aug 24, 2020 and for the first time, it was held at two locations — Parliament House and the Arts House to ensure safe distancing due to Covid-19.
Singapore’s 14th Parliament opened on Aug 24, 2020 with 93 elected Members of Parliament, including 31 newly elected ones. A record 28 women entered Parliament and for the first time, it has a Leader of the Opposition. Here are the highlights from President Halimah Yacob’s address at the opening of Parliament, and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s speech during the debate on her speech Photo credits: Ministry of Communications and Information
hen Jewel at Changi Airport opened, it was meant to showcase how the airport was built up over decades to become the best in the world, and home to the best airline in the world, Singapore Airlines. But with Covid-19 grounding global travel, Changi Airport is now “deathly silent” and Jewel had also “gone dark” during the Circuit Breaker period, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his ͞ǡ ͜͜͞͞ Ƥ
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the 14th Parliament after GE2020 on July 10. “Forty years of building up our airport and airline. Covid-19 came, and all of that suddenly came to a halt.” But Mr Lee urged Singaporeans to Ƥ Dz dzǤ “Singapore was born from crisis. We have survived many life and death crises before… But each time, we did survive and actually came back stronger. Each time, the dire circumstances became the occasion and platform for ambition
and daring. Each time, we transcended ourselves and built again.” Noting how Parliament opened sooner than usual after a general election due to the “urgent business” of handling Covid-19, Mr Lee said: “This searing experience will help a whole new generation of Singaporeans appreciate and treasure what we have. “Do not doubt. Do not fear. Jewel will shine again. Changi will thrive again. SIA ƪ Ǥdz
