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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1991
GOVERNOR MEETS SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, HELD A HALF HOUR
MEETING WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER OF SINGAPORE, MR GOH CHOK TONG, TONIGHT (MONDAY) AT THE START OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO SINGAPORE.
CALLED ON MR GOH SIR DAVID ARRIVED LATE THIS AFTERNOON, AND
(THE PRESIDENTIAL ISTANA
PALACE) BEFORE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AT THE ATTENDING AN INFORMAL DINNER. HOSTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
TOLD REPORTERS
IN AMOUNT
COMMON
ON HIS ARRIVAL AT CHANGI AIRPORT, THE GOVERNOR
A WAS
TREMENDOUS THERE THAT HE HAD ALWAYS FELT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE.
A GREAT DEAL "WE ARE THE SAME SORT OF ECONOMIES AND THERE IS
BETWEEN US. WE ALSO HAVE OF ROOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR CO-OPERATION
OF THE WORLD AND SIMILAR INTEREST IN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS PART
MINISTER GOH THIS PRIME GREATLY TO MEETING FORWARD I'M LOOKING
INTERESTS, AND ALSO TO EVENING AND TALKING TO HIM ABOUT OUR COMMON MEETING SENIOR MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW."
SIR DAVID SAID HE BELIEVED AREAS OF FUTURE CO-OPERATION AND HONG KONG.
MAJOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT WERE THE
BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT
SINGAPORE AND
IS
SINGAPOREAN OFFICIAL INTEREST HE SAID THERE WAS AN INCREASED IN INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG, AND HE HAD RECENTLY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH MR FOCK SIEW WAH (SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE), WHO
INVESTMENT AT LOOK SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO TERRITORY.
OPPORTUNITIES
IN
THE
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OF CO-OPERATION WAS THE ROLE SIR DAVID SAID ANOTHER ASPECT
CENT HONG KONG PLAYED IN SINGAPOREAN TRADE WITH CHINA. ABOUT
A GREAT OF SINGAPORE'S EXPORTS TO CHINA PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG AND
ALSO HANDLED THROUGH THE DEAL OF CHINA'S EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE WERE TERRITORY.
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AND CHINA,
HE ADDED THAT THERE WAS ROOM FOR FURTHER OF HONG KONG
BETWEEN SINGAPORE "AS A BRIDGE PARTICULARLY SOUTHERN CHINA"
ROLE
THE GOVERNOR HAS AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SCHEDULE TOMORROW (TUESDAY)
MEETINGS WITH FURTHER
SENIOR GOVERNMENT WHEN HE WILL BE HOLDING
FOR TRADE OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE DEPUTY PRIME MINSTER AND MINISTER
HSIEN LOONG, THE MINISTER FOR AND INDUSTRY, BRIGADIER GENERAL LEE
YEO, AND MR LEE INFORMATION AND THE ARTS, BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE KUAN YEW. HE WILL ALSO HAVE LUNCH WITH SINGAPOREAN BUSINESS LEADERS.
THE GOVERNOR WILL ALSO DELIVER A MAJOR ARRANGED BY THE SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES.
SIR
DAVID AND
LADY, WILSON
(TUESDAY) NIGHT FOR NEW ZEALAND.
SPEECH AT A FUNCTION
WILL LEAVE SINGAPORE
TOMORROW
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