The ministerial committee convened to respond to the ongoing Middle East conflict will focus not just on energy disruptions and rising fuel prices, but also on wider supply shocks, as well as security and diplomacy issues arising from the conflict, said Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam on Saturday (Apr 4). Outlining the broad scope of the Homefront Crisis Ministerial Committee (HCMC), which was convened by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to coordinate Singapore’s response to energy disruptions, Mr Shanmugam gave the example of how, beyond fuel prices, there could be "inevitable price rises" for food and other products affected by supply disruptions.
