Coronavirus: US firms still have faith in Singapore as business hub

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Despite the outbreak of the coronavirus here and globally, 98 per cent of member companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham) said they were still confident in Singapore as a business destination. One reason was the Government's response to...

The session had about 80 attendees from various US companies like Boeing, Johnson & Johnson and American International Group.

"No matter how well you think we might be doing, in a typical Singaporean psyche, we want to do better. We will get to that 100 per cent and work together as a community."There are about 4,500 American companies in Singapore, said an AmCham spokesman.

 

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