The rivalry between Asia’s two main international financial hubs usually centres on business and finance. But since the coronavirus outbreak, Hong Kong and Singapore’s competition has acquired a new dimension: their ability to deal with epidemics.
The differences can be summed up by the leaked audio recording of Singapore’s trade minister mocking the Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam for wearing a surgical mask at a press conference, as her government sought to conserve supplies for those fighting the coronavirus.
Chan Chun Sing said that if senior Singapore officials had done the same, “everybody [would] panic, I can guarantee you our hospital system would have broken down”.
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