For Chen Lin's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Companies and expatriate professionals have long been drawn to business-friendly Singapore, but COVID-19 has prompted soul-searching among many relatively affluent expats.
Peng's remarks on Sunday marked the first time she had addressed the matter on camera in public.
The pace of research highlights the pressure on governments and public health authorities to decide quickly whether they need to take strict steps to curb omicron's spread.
Despite a high vaccination rate, masks are still mandatory in almost all public settings, group sizes are limited and a contact-tracing app is required.
Even before the Feb. 1 coup, the sector had been rocked by the pandemic.
