These are uncertain times for global trade but if Singapore stays the course and continues to make itself an attractive business centre, it will prevail in the long run.
That is the view of Mr Charles "Chip" Goodyear, former chief executive of mining giant BHP Billiton and, for a brief time, Ms Ho Ching's successor to run Temasek.
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