Recently, Mr. Wang Chao, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) sent a letter to Amb. Tommy Koh, Chairman of Centre for International Law of National University of Singapore (NUS), expressing sincere support and solidarity from the Chinese side on Singapore’s battle against COVID-19.

On March 26, Amb. Tommy Koh replied a letter to President Wang Chao, deeply appreciating China’s support to Singapore at this critical stage.

Amb. Koh said, although Singapore is experiencing a spike of imported cases with thousands of citizens and permanent residents coming back from the US, UK and other countries, Singaporean people are confident to defeat the virus by standing in solidarity.

Amb. Koh also pointed out the importance of containing the impact of COVID-19 on economy. He said the Singaporean government is determined to do whatever it takes to preserve jobs, prevent business from collapsing and keep the economy from grinding to a stop while tackling with the pandemic.