World Economic Forum to be held in Singapore in May - WEF President in email (Reuters)

Start Date: Monday, December 7, 2020

Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Singapore instead of Switzerland next year as the COVID-19 pandemic would make it difficult to ensure the health and safety of participants in Europe, WEF President Borge Brende said in an email on Monday.


"The Managing Board took a very important decision today to move the Special Annual Meeting 2021 to Singapore (13-16 May)," Brende said in the email obtained by Reuters.

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