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Prof Cheong Koon Hean was interviewed by CNA on “Singapore Tonight” on 21 June 2021, on “Engaging Communities, Building Resilience” in World Cities Summit 2021 organised by Centre for Liveable Cities (MND).

Channel NewsAsia’s news programme Singapore Tonight interviewed LKYCIC senior fellow Dr Harvey Neo on his views as to why the Downtown Core may no longer be the top workplace destination in Singapore, following the Census 2020 report.

Join Professor Chan Heng Chee, Chair of Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities online this evening as she provides expert testimony on ‘Supporting our High Streets Post Covid’ before the UK House of Commons Select Committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government. The inquiry will examine the long-term consequences of the Covid-19 outbreak on the future of the high street. It is interested in how government, at all levels, can mitigate the economic and social impact and develop policies to ensure high streets remain the centre of local communities. The Committee will look at the impact of existing measures to support the high street, including the business rate holiday, as well as the broader role of taxation in enabling high street businesses to remain viable. Professor Carlos Moreno, Scientific Director, Panthenon Sorbonne University, IAE Paris as well as Professor Ricky Burdett, Director of LSE Cities and Urban Age, London School of Economics will also be joining Prof Chan in this session.

The World’s Bianca Hillier takes a look at what designs are being prioritised around the globe in the post-pandemic world, featuring an interview with LKYCIC chair Prof Chan Heng Chee.

d+a published a placemaking special which was based on a study done by LKYCIC Research Director and Programme Lead of the Lee Li Ming Programme in Ageing Urbanism, Dr Belinda Yuen.

WITH the Covid-19 pandemic having brought about a wider acceptance of remote working, Singapore must keep up efforts to remain a vibrant …

Would anyone want to live right next to a noisy train track? For Dover resident Kelvin Leong, the answer – and the choice between clearing a shady forest around an MRT station or building on empty plots of land in nearby Ghim Moh, for the same objective of new public housing – is clear.

Straits Times shared talking points from the panellists at the Geopolitical Reset 2021: Implications for Asia webinar, which included LKYCIC Chair, Prof Chan Heng Chee.

Dr Cheong Koon Hean will assume the position at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in June.

Prof Chan Heng Chee joins as panellist at the webinar, Geopolitical Reset 2021: Implications For Asia, presented by The Straits Times and the World Economic Forum (WEF).