PENANG has been invited to take part in the hybrid World Cities Summit 2022 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
The invitation was extended to Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow by Singapore National Development Minister Desmond Lee during a virtual bilateral meeting today.
Lee, in thanking Chow for Penang’s participation in this year’s World Cities Summit 2021 hosted by Singapore last month, also invited Penang to take part in the follow-on series of high-level webinars from July to November this year.
The webinars are on July 22 (Smarter and Greener: Transforming through Technology), Sept 2 (Making Sense: Leveraging the Science of Cities), Sept 23 (Planning for a Rainy Day: Climate-Ready Cities), Oct 21 (Hope You are Well: Building Healthy and Happy Cities) and Nov 18 (Rethinking Global Cities in New Era).
Chow thanked Lee for the invitation, saying that the issues are very relevant to sustainable and smart cities.
“We will like to take part in the series of webinars and learn lessons from our colleagues throughout the world who have similar experiences and much to share. Congratulations for the successful World Cities Summit (2021) and we look forward to future summit in the years to come,” Chow said.
Both Chow and Lee also exchanged notes on climate change, Covid-19 pandemic challenges and immunisation programme.
Story by K.H. Ong
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