https://www.scmp.com/rss/324481/feed Teo Chee Hean is Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Republic of Singapore. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Singapore and Hong Kong enjoy excellent and long-standing relations, underpinned by strong economic ties, people-to-people links and regular exchanges between our leaders and officials. In a speech made in Hong Kong in 1968, three years after Singapore’s independence, the late founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew said Singapore was indebted to Hong Kong for serving as an example of how a small and densely populated island with no natural resources could forge its survival. Singapore was coming... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3179303/singapore-and-hong-kong-have-much-gain-working-together?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3179303/singapore-and-hong-kong-have-much-gain-working-together?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 May 2022 00:45:13 +0000 This is an edited excerpt of Teo Chee Hean’s speech at the 20th anniversary celebrations of the city state’s East Asian Institute on Wednesday I first visited China in 1984 and have had the opportunity to observe China’s transformation over many trips, interactions and exchanges. Most recently, over the past three months, I co-chaired two of our three main bilateral mechanisms with senior Chinese leaders. The 13th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation in Beijing, which I co-chaired with... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2095521/chinas-new-silk-road-meeting-successful-says-singapores-deputy-pm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2095521/chinas-new-silk-road-meeting-successful-says-singapores-deputy-pm?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 May 2017 09:00:00 +0000