Resilience is being inventive. Expo Halls will be the safe facility with guest rooms and meeting rooms for business leaders to meet and talk.
Tag: OngYeKung
Air travellers are disappointed as the much awaited Air Travel Bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong is deferred one day before its launch on Sunday.
Read More
Air Travel Bubble with Hong Kong is a small but important step forward, and a reference for other countries looking to reopen their borders.
Read More
More than ever, a strong symbiotic relationship between the Government and Labour Movement is vital in getting through this crisis caused by the pandemic.
Read More
In a landmark speech in Parliament, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung spoke on the importance of reviving our air hub status. Status quo is not an option. We cannot wait around for a vaccine. At risk are not just hundreds of thousands of jobs, but also our relevance to the world, our economic survival and in turn our ability to chart our own destiny.
Read More
When diversity is of the sort where politicians make suggestions without any grasp of reality, Singapore is weakened by it.
This is the kind of diversity Singapore does not need.
When diversity is of the sort where politicians make suggestions without any grasp of reality, Singapore is weakened by it. This is the kind of diversity Singapore does not need.
Read More
Unilateral opening of borders signals to world that Singapore is open for business, says Ong Ye Kung
It is a small, cautious step to start to reopen aviation and resuscitate Changi Airport, as well as (Singapore Airlines). The aviation sector, Changi Airport and SIA (Singapore Airlines) do not concern just the aviation sector. It is linked to the whole economy.
“We need to start to take steps to open up in a safe manner that can revive Changi Airport, resuscitate the aviation sector,” Mr Ong said.
It is a small, cautious step to start to reopen aviation and resuscitate Changi Airport, as well as (Singapore Airlines). The aviation sector, Changi Airport and SIA (Singapore Airlines) do not concern just the aviation sector. It is linked to the whole economy.
“We need to start to take steps to open up in a safe manner that can revive Changi Airport, resuscitate the aviation sector,” Mr Ong said.
Read More
COVID-19 has set us back by 40 years to 1981 when Terminal 1 was open.
"But there is a big difference between then and now," Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said in his National Day Message to MOT.
"In the early 1980s, many airlines had not decided to come to Changi. We went all out to secure airlines, including unilaterally opening up our skies to invite the carriers to come to Changi.
Today, the airlines are here, and Changi has grown into a world-class airport," Mr Ong said.
Read More
Public transport is heavily subsidised.
MRT lines are expensive to build. They also cost a lot to operate, to maintain and to renew ageing assets.
The Government does not recover the infrastructure costs through fares.
Read More
Tough love was needed to maintain the upward trajectory. That was the gist of Our Founding Father Mr Lee Kuan Yew National Day messages in 1971.
Read More