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Singapore’s Survival: AI, Energy Security, Social Reserves
I met a young
#Clementi
family. Daddy & Mummy, with a little girl just a few months old. We talked about how fast the world’s changing, how worrying things can be.
➡️ In a world where big countries bully small ones, or
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Very glad to meet Jakarta Governor
@aniesbaswedan
again, this time in Buenos Aires! We‘d previously met over lunch in Jakarta when I accompanied DPM
@teocheehean
on a working visit.
We were at the U20
#Urban20
Summit, which is part of the
@g20org
process.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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Sharing a light-hearted moment with Rwandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and East African Community
@onduhungirehe
at Opening Ceremony of the biennial Singapore-Sub-Saharan Africa High-Level Ministerial Exchange Visit on 27 August.
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SM
@Tharman_S
received the Freedom of the
@cityoflondon
from
@citylordmayor
Peter Estlin in recognition of SM’s efforts to strengthen ties between Singapore and the City, and his significant contributions to global financial governance.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
@SHCLon
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Clementi PCF students showing me lunchboxes & snacks! Crunchy Mamee noodles quite popular - I remember snacking on them in my younger days 😋
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With Kenyan Chief Administrative Secretary for Foreign Affairs
@AbabuNamwamba
earlier this week. Enterprise Singapore just opened its third
@ESG_Africa
Overseas Centre in Nairobi this year.
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Had a very thoughtful discussion with Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission Fitsum Arega, during this week’s official working visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
@fitsumaregaa
@EthioInvestment
@MTI_Sg
@MFAsg
@ESG_Africa
@EDBsg
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Happy Birthday 🎂🥳 Uncle James, Heartland Warrior Bodybuilder of
#Clementi
! 💪❤️
He turns 81 years old today, but has the physique of a far younger man — pumping iron & bodybuilding for over 40 years!
So many amazing stories, in our little town.
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3
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In London for Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting hosted by UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss. Met
@trussliz
& Minister of State for International Trade
@ConorBurnsUK
at evening reception. Reaffirmed UK-Singapore economic ties.
@MTI_Sg
@MFAsg
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10
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Exchanged 3 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Republic of Korea’s Minister for Trade Kim Hyun-chong, in presence of PM
@leehsienloong
& President Moon Jae-in
@moonriver365
.
Economic & people-to-people ties can help build a better shared future. [Photo: MCI]
@MTI_Sg
@MFAsg
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With friends @ Faber Crest Condo. Big thanks to Katherine for balloon puppets. Giraffes, Spider-Man &
@Pokemon
Pikachus were most popular! 😊
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Wefie with Minister
@gcurtisgn
Gabriel Curtis, Guinea’s Minister-in-charge of Investments & Public Private Partnerships. On sidelines of
#ASBF2018
Africa-Singapore Business Forum. Discussed economics & public policy. Chatted about social media too! ☺️
@mti_sg
@mfasg
@ESG_Africa
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Clementi resident
@atiqah90
reached out to migrant worker dormitories in previous years to host buka puasa (
#iftar
) during
#Ramadan
. Due to COVID-19, this year’s gatherings couldn’t happen. So her team arranged donations of
#Bukapuasa
meals, as a message of appreciation. [1/x]
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< Clementi Lunch Plan >
Lunch with
@Tharman_S
in Clementi Central today. Met friends from nearby and all around.
Our local hawker food‘s part of Singapore’s intangible cultural heritage — yummy 😋 food for stomach & food for thought too!
@MCCYsg
@NEAsg
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Had a good chat with Ghana Minister of Trade and Industry
@AlanKyerematen
. Discussed the warm bilateral relations between Ghana and Singapore, and areas in which we could strengthen our collaborations.
#CTMM
@MTI_Sg
@MFAsg
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< 鸟话 🐦 Bird Talk >
Met a new friend! This bird flew in the window, tried to use my handphone as a perch, then hopped onto my hand. Looked as if it was posing too!
We helped it find the way back out, and it’s headed back home.
#bird
#lovebird
#featheredfriend
#clementi
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Spoke at
@ChathamHouse
#CHLondon
closing discussion: “Who will write the rules for the 21st century?”
Energetic panel with
@londonvinjamuri
@JulianVenturaV
@Elif_Safak
@mfullilove
. Many useful insights on shaping norms and multilateralism.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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Our delegation met with Chancellor
@PhilipHammondUK
— was with SM
@Tharman_S
and Minister Ong Ye Kung on an
#officialtrip
to London.
#SGUKpartnership
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
@SHCLon
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With one of our youngest friends at Clementi Central Blk 448 hawker centre the other day. Little mei-mei is 2 years old and so super-cute 😍!
#flashbackfriday
#clementi
#jurong
#kids
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Last time we met Uncle James, he showed us his bodybuilding muscles... all this at the age of 80!
On Sunday morning we met Uncle James at Blk 328 Clementi coffeeshop & he gamely obliged us again — this time with a “Muay Thai” T-shirt! Fantastic shape for his age! 💪😯😜���️ 💪
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< The Age of
#AI
— can
#Singapore
🇸🇬 survive? >
Spoke in
#Parliament
on challenges from modern AI. What has been invented, cannot be uninvented.
How do we keep
#Singapore
together, in a brave new world with advanced
#AI
? What if deepfakes erode social trust? How do we keep that
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#officialtrip
with
@Tharman_S
in Ghana. Visited Association Community Basic School, hosted by Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum,
@geshdq_gh
Deputy Minister for Education.
Met many lively students & a very energetic teacher too! Around the world, teachers make a difference. ☺️
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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UK-Singapore Business Summit at
@cityoflondon
. SM
@Tharman_S
gave the opening address while Minister Ong Ye Kung delivered the keynote speech. I spoke at a panel on “Partnering for Growth” on strengthening the bilateral
#SGUKpartnership
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
@SHCLon
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Represented
#Singapore
🇸🇬 at G20 Energy Ministers Meeting in Bariloche,
#Argentina
— Southern Hemisphere winter ❄️ with snow ⛄️ in June!
@MTI_Sg
@MFAsg
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Mei-mei wanted me to stay home. Reminded me to wear a mask 😷 if I’ve to go out.
We talked about what she calls “COVID MONSTER” 🦠. Also why Mummy needs to work at the hospital, to fight the monsters.
At Parliament later, with a full agenda on COVID-19.
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Audience with HM King Abdullah II of Jordan, a close friend of Singapore — he has visited us 12 times. HM
@KingAbdullahII
is a global thought-leader in religious moderation and inter-faith harmony.
Was with DPM
@teocheehean
& Minister
@masagosz
.
@mfa_sg
@MTI_Sg
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As
#Deepavali
outreach, Jamiyah Singapore organised “Project Happiness”. Friends from halfway house Darul Islah joined sponsors and well-wishers to spruce & decorate the home of Clementi resident Mdm Komathy. Joined
@Tharman_S
at completion ceremony.
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With Singaporean students in Jordan. We talked about how each of us can be an ambassador for
#Singapore
— to help friends learn about us and what keeps
@our_sg
little red dot shining.
On official trip with DPM
@teocheehean
& Minister
@MasagosZ
☺️
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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@LinusEkenstam
Things are moving very quickly indeed — thanks
@LinusEkenstam
for sharing this. You can catch the full speech here — we were debating the
#Singapore
#Budget
announcements by
@MOFsg
@MOEsg
Singapore’s Survival: AI, Energy Security, Social Reserves
I met a young
#Clementi
family. Daddy & Mummy, with a little girl just a few months old. We talked about how fast the world’s changing, how worrying things can be.
➡️ In a world where big countries bully small ones, or
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Visited Public Health Preparedness Clinics (PHPCs) in Punggol to thank doctors 👩⚕️👨⚕️ and healthcare workers 💪. Our brothers & sisters in healthcare help protect fellow Singaporeans in our
#FightAgainstCovid19
#SGUnited
#SingaporeTogether
🇸🇬❤️
@sporeMOH
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Catching up with Clementi friends during recent visit to Blk 454. The 2 little girls in the foreground are good friends. 😊
@frensofclementi
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Met this sweet elderly lady who told me about her children. Sons are active in the market & hawker community. ❤️
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Thank you to our Clementi residents who wrote in. As a father with two young daughters, I support this statement by our PAP Women’s Wing and PAP Women MPs.
@PAPSingapore
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Mr Ravi’s life journey was storied. With the old Public Works Department in 1950s, then Port of Singapore Authority as one of PSA’s pioneers.
Very sad that he has passed on.
Goodbye, Mr Ravi. Thank you for your friendship. Till we meet again.
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Met with Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee
@TomTugendhat
— we had a good discussion on further strengthening Singapore-UK bilateral relations.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
@SHCLon
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Joined
@Tharman_S
@DesmondTSLee
& Jurong Family colleagues at our Clementi town centre Merdeka Generation Roadshow.
Big thank you to our many organisers & friends whose collective efforts & heart helped make this roadshow possible! ☺️❤️
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Joined British High Commissioner
@karaowen
online to commemorate HM Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday. Our SG-UK relationship is deep. International cooperation is key to fighting COVID-19.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
@SHCLon
@UKinSingapore
#SGUKPartnership
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With our Jurong GRC team led by DPM
@Tharman_S
, at the re-opening of
#Parliament
- we were trying to recreate a wefie from 2 years back, when
@our_sg
Parliament had its previous opening session.
#flashback
#samesamebutdifferent
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With Murali, Saktiandi & Joan - just before NDP. Friends of diverse races & backgrounds doing our best to serve Singaporeans &
@our_sg
🇸🇬❤️
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#throwback
to home visits at Blk 374
#Clementi
last weekend. Big block, so we visited over 2 days. Many stories, many new friends.
In our town, many stories & many journeys! Thank you to our volunteers who walk together. ☺️❤️
#throwbackthursday
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Saddened by the attacks in Paris. Praying for the victims' families. Hoping our fellow Singaporeans in France are safe.
#PrayForParis
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Joined SM
@Tharman_S
for a meeting with UK Minister in the Cabinet Office
@DLidington
.
#SGUKpartnership
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
@SHCLon
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With student presenters for "Energy Mythbusters" show
@SIEW_sg
#SIEW2019
.
Joel, Wilsvin, Sai Chwing & Kim Chong
@temasekpoly
shared on solar.
Jasmine, Brice, Dayana & Ysmael
@ITESpore
@ITECollegeWest
spoke on jobs & career dreams.
Our youth are our tomorrow! 💡☀️
@MTI_Sg
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With Brothers Nicholas and Sam, and Sister Eileen from
#SMEEU
, at yesterday’s May Day Awards. Our brothers and sisters in the Labour Movement help keep Singapore going! ❤️
#maydayawards2019
#everyworkermatters
[Photo by Brother Ivan ☺️]
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Met up with Mr Hussain, who’s stayed in
#Clementi
for many years, and looks younger than his actual age! Different coffeeshops, but glad to catch up and chat once again.
#throwbackthursday
#flashback
#jalanjalan
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With Minister of State for Trade Policy George Hollingbery; we had a good exchange of ideas on how to take our excellent economic relations further. Am on
#officialtrip
to London.
#SGUKpartnership
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
@SHCLon
@GHollingbery
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Cocoa-boosted wefie
@Olam
cocoa 🍫 factory visit with
@Tharman_S
— earmuffs slid down while taking photo but didn’t dampen the mood ☺️.
#officialtrip
in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Singapore’s a small country: it matters that we grow links round the world.
@MTI_Sg
@MFAsg
@ESG_Africa
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Old friends, new friends, good kopi. Was catching up at
#Clementi
Ave 2, amidst safe distancing.
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Some seniors waiting outside the Blk 450
#Clementi
NTUC FairPrice, while loved ones did the shopping inside — a reminder of how COVID has changed daily life. Others going for breakfast after clinic: some tests need an empty stomach, so breakfast is after blood test.
#jalanjalan
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Very happy to have caught up with residents of Blk 342 Clementi last week. ❤️
@frensofclementi
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Mum's home cooking! 🤤❤️
Happy Mother's Day, Mummy, and thank you for your love and care. ☺❤️
#mothersday
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Caught up with Clementi friends staying at Blk 417. ☺️ It's one of the newer blocks — part of Casa Clementi, although some folk here had moved from the older blocks across Clementi Ave 1.
With each home visit, we continue to listen and learn! ❤️ Will keep on trying our best!
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Seventh Month dinner @ Clementi Blk 343. Catching up with friends and residents. Energetic emcee, energetic crowd.
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Kopi at Clementi Ave 2 over the weekend. Uncle and auntie chitchats — many friends sharing about what’s going on in our little
#Clementi
town. ☺️
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With
@nanyangpoly
Social Work volunteers, who got Clementi Seniors up and dancing @ Active Ageing Night. Lots of energy, lots of heart! ❤️️
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In London on
#officialtrip
with SM
@Tharman_S
. Many interesting discussions yesterday morning, during our breakfast with UK Parliamentarians.
@MFAsg
@SHCLon
@MTI_Sg
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It's up to each of us, to do our best to make
@our_sg
better. 🇸🇬❤️
My article
#RememberingLKY
on
@MothershipSG
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< Deep disquiet: The case of Parti Liyani v Public Prosecutor >
Met Clementi residents who felt deep disquiet at what happened in Ms Parti Liyani's journey as foreign domestic worker facing theft charges.
Last Fri 11th Sep, I submitted 2 Parliamentary Qn
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Morning kopi ☕️ at
#Clementi
Ave 2 Market with
@Tharman_S
☺️. Glad to catch up once again with our uncles & aunties, and friends from the Hawker Association too — thank you for hosting. ☺️
In our little town, many friends & journeys & stories. ❤️
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With little Samantha and parents Simon and Michelle, as well as the newest addition to the family — baby brother who was “made in America” (as Simon & Michelle put it!) overseas but born in Singapore 🇸🇬!
We were at a
#MyFirstSkool
family day @ Blk 339 Clementi. ☺️
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An amazing
@F1
team 🏎. Car’s a bit smaller than those at
@F1NightRace
— can you spot it?
Was with students from Geylang Methodist Secondary School representing Singapore 🇸🇬☺️ in the
@F1inSchoolsHQ
contest.
More info at
@MTI_Sg
@MOEsg
@VisitSingapore
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With
@chuanjin1
& friends @ opening of Clementi's Eden Centre for Adults: day activity support for folk with autism.
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Regina, Chin Xi, Gladys & Gracie are students
@temasekpoly
hospitality & tourism management course. Seeing the
@F1
@F1NightRace
and its hospitality ecosystem up close was a useful visit for our energetic students!
@MOEsg
@MTI_Sg
@VisitSingapore
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Traditional sword dance (razha) at the Nizwa Fort in Oman. Was filming a video of DPM Teo Chee Hean filming a video. ☺️ On
#officialtrip
with DPM
@teocheehean
and Minister
@masagosz
.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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Happy to renew Singapore’s ties with Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
@SigridKaag
on sidelines of
@WEF
#mena19
— we last met during President Halimah Yacob’s visit to Netherlands in Nov 2018.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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Visited the DPRK from 8 to 10 September as representative of Singapore Government for the events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK. Also met DPRK Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Choe Hui Chol during the visit.
More info at:
@MFAsg
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Home visit
#jalanjalan
at Faber Avenue this morning. Bumped (and elbow-bumped) into old and new friends.
#Clementi
☺️
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Met meimei Rui Xin, daddy Eldon, and grandpa Mr Lee. In
#Clementi
we‘ve a number of 3-generation families (三代同堂 or 3 generations under one roof), and it’s a joy to see our Clementi little ones growing up. ☺️❤️ 1/
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With LT-GEN (Ret) Winston Choo. He‘s served Singapore in so many different ways — as soldier in our tumultuous early years & later as Chief of Defence Force. More recently, as diplomat.
Very glad to meet him during this trip to Israel with DPM
@teocheehean
☺
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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Ongoing rain (apparently the first time it rained from start to end!), but our cadets didn't miss a beat at the Commissioning Parade for the SCDF 16th Rota Commander Course (RCC). Full of energy, full of heart, ready to start the next step of their Lifesaving Force journey. ❤️
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Very glad to meet Canadian Chief Trade Commissioner & Assistant Deputy Minister
@Ailish_Campbell
and Member of European Parliament
@MarietjeSchaake
at this evening's
@Bloomberg
#NewEconForum
dinner. Many good discussions ☺️.
@neweconforum
@MTI_Sg
@MFAsg
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Uncle Boon Leong is a man of many talents. He nurtures bonsai, and is also a skilled artist able to paint and draw in many different styles. [1/x]
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Wefie with NSmen @ Clementi National Day 🇸🇬 observance. Audience gave them loud applause for helping keep
@our_sg
safe, secure & independent
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Tonight PM
@leehsienloong
hosted Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Istana. Premier Li is in Singapore on an Official Visit.
Today is exactly 40 years to the day, since Mr Deng Xiaoping visited Singapore in 1978.
May our friendship and ties continue to grow and deepen!
@MFAsg
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Teaming up for anti-smoking 🚭 message at Bikerz Idol 🎤🎼🏍 with many talented bikers. ☺️
Many thanks to agencies & partners
@HPBsg
@Singapore_HDB
@WhatsHalalIntl
@mediacorp
@Warna942
@RIA897
☺️💪. Thanks to SPS Amrin Amin for linking us up too!
More at
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Met Mr Adrian Villanueva during morning walkabout @ Clementi Central Market. A pioneer of
@SingaporeNavy
from early days of
@mindefsg
! 🇸🇬❤️
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SM
@Tharman_S
& I met
@NobelPrize
Economics laureate
@DeatonAngus
over lunch.
Sir Angus has done landmark work, & is working on the wide-ranging Deaton Review of inequality, recently launched by Institute for Fiscal Studies
@TheIFS
. Many fascinating insights.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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@londonvinjamuri
A memorable session at
@ChathamHouse
#CHLondon
conference last year — glad to have been able to join
@londonvinjamuri
@JulianVenturaV
@Elif_Safak
@mfullilove
for an energising discussion on the reinvigoration of multilateralism.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
@SHCLon
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In Jurong we visit each others’ wards from time to time. At invitation of
@Tharman_S
, I recently visited Taman Jurong CC expo on Peru; met Peru Ambassador & shared Lunar New Year greetings!
Singapore is small. We must keep growing our global network of friends
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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Met with UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Andrew Stephenson
@Andrew4Pendle
@beisgovuk
. We discussed how Singapore and the UK can further our robust economic cooperation.
#officialtrip
@MTI_Sg
@MFAsg
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Glad to meet President Moon Jae-in
@moonriver365
again during
#officialtrip
to the Republic of Korea with PM
@leehsienloong
. Our discussions at
@TheBlueHouseENG
took stock of our strong relations & explored areas of cooperation to take our relationship further.
@MFAsg
@MTI_Sg
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Spoke on reforms to help patients, & help doctors to help patients. I shared on the role of frontline healthcare workers including junior doctors. Also the lessons we can learn from tragedies.
#parliament
Video:
Transcript:
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Mr Tang and his wife have stayed in Clementi for many years. Was very happy to catch up again with the family last weekend! Their son is a teacher, helping to nurture our younger generation. ☺️
@MOEsg
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