SHANGHAI - Singaporeans in Shanghai got two “firsts” on Sunday when they met Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and newly arrived Singapore Ambassador Peter Tan. It was Mr Wong’s first trip to China as Singapore’s No. 2 leader, and it was also the first official public engagement for Mr Tan after he started his job as Singapore’s top diplomat in...
DPM Lawrence Wong with Singaporeans based in Shanghai during his visit to the Chinese financial capital on May 14.SHANGHAI - Singaporeans in Shanghai got two “firsts” on Sunday when they met Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and newly arrived Singapore Ambassador Peter Tan.
Those who came to meet and greet the Deputy Prime Minister wasted no time in surrounding him with wefie requests, which he gamely obliged, and later feasted on a generous spread of familiar favourites such as satay, laksa and chicken rice. Mr Wong, who is also Finance Minister, was last in mainland China in 2018. He has been doing the rounds of countries, going to Malaysia, India, Brunei and Indonesia to build personal connections with these countries after he was picked as successor to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Importantly, this trip gives Mr Wong the opportunity to establish relations with China’s new leadership, which was ushered in two months ago at its annual parliamentary session.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
DPM Lawrence Wong kicks off China visit in ShanghaiThe trip, his first to China as Singapore’s No. 2 leader, gives him the opportunity to establish ties with the new Chinese leadership. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
SFA recalls baby puree and cereal rice products with excessive arsenic, advises against feeding items to childrenSINGAPORE — The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has ordered a recall of three infant products found to contain more than the maximum limit of arsenic stated in the Singapore Food Regulations.
Read more »
After Lawrence Wong, Tan Chuan-Jin, Ong Ye Kung & Chan Chun Sing as F4, here come Indranee Rajah & Tin Pei Ling as PAPink? - Singapore NewsPAP leaders' faces superimposed on Taiwanese and K-pop singers in videos
Read more »
Sale Director of Lexus Singapore says that the brand is in the right place with hybrid vehiclesSINGAPORE - Stanley Chia, the sales director of Lexus as Borneo Motors Singapore, is cautiously optimistic about the Japanese luxury brand’s prospects for the near future in Singapore. Lexus is part of the big push into electrification by parent company Toyota, and the brand is set to be all-EV by 2030. The first Lexus EV to arrive in Singapore has...
Read more »
Singapore releases $10 coin to mark Lee Kuan Yew's 100th birth anniversarySINGAPORE — The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday (May 15) launched a $10 coin to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. The coin pays tribute to Mr Lee's 'strategic vision, boldness and indomitable spirit that transformed Singapore from a regional trading port to a global manufacturing, business and financial hub', MAS...
Read more »
Singapore approves live chicken imports from Indonesian farm; first shipment arrivesSingapore previously imported live chickens from Malaysia only.
Read more »