Lee Hsien Loong

Trading activity will be muted in the coming weeks.

PM Lee calls this a "spot of good news" but warns Singapore not to be carried away

An even stronger and better Singapore will emerge from this crisis, said Lee.

"If we all do this, then life can go on more or less normally after the circuit breaker. We don’t want Covid-19 cases to spike up again and be forced to tighten once more,” said PM Lee

Singapore can only relax its partial lockdown measures and progressively restart its economy after the city-state brings down the number of new coronavirus cases, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Singapore has extended the "circuit breaker" period to curb the coronavirus spread by another month to June 1, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday warned of a "hidden reservoir" of potential infections.

Upon hearing the news that Lee will address the nation live in the afternoon, the first assumption that crossed 62-year-old housewife Zaiton Ismail’s mind was that Singapore’s going into lockdown.

“What makes Singapore different from other countries is that we have confidence in each other, we feel that we are all in this together, and we do not leave anyone behind,” said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. “This is SG United, we are SG United.”

SINGAPORE (Nov 25): “There are new things happening in new parts of the world, and we need to be part of that story.” — Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, wrapping up his official visit to Mexico at the invitation of President Andrés Manuel López Obr

SIGNAPORE (Oct 17): Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) fell 8.1% year-on-year in September – marking the seventh consecutive month of contraction amid uncertainty surrounding the US-China trade war and slowing global growth.