Singapore PM given official welcome

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Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, on a two-day official visit to Malaysia, was given an official welcome at Dataran Perdana in Putrajaya on Tuesday (Jan 7).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/t4t4eb8w  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, accompanied by his wife Lutze Lui, was officially welcomed

00:07at Dataran Perdana in Putrajaya on Tuesday during a two-day visit to Malaysia.

00:12Wong, on his second visit to the country since assuming office on May 15th, arrived on Monday.

00:17Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim received Wong at Dataran Perdana at 10am.

00:27The event began with the national anthems of both nations, followed by Wong inspecting

00:31a guard of honour comprising three officers and 103 members of the 1st Battalion of the

00:37Royal Malay Regiment.

00:39Present at the ceremony were Deputy Prime Ministers Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

00:43and Datuk Seri Fadilah Yusof, along with cabinet ministers, foreign diplomats and senior government

00:49officials.

00:50Wong's visit coincides with the 11th Malaysia-Singapore Leaders' Retreat, scheduled for later on

00:56Tuesday.

00:58Following the ceremony, he is set to attend the delegation meeting of the Leaders' Retreat

01:02with Anwar.

01:03According to a statement by Wisma Putra on Sunday, the visit will focus on reviewing

01:07bilateral relations and addressing regional and international issues of mutual interest.

01:13Both leaders are also expected to witness the signing of several agreements, including

01:18the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone Joint Agreement, Six Memorandums of Understanding

01:25and a letter of intent covering areas such as education, women and social welfare, climate

01:31change, urban development, carbon capture and storage, and combating transnational crime.

01:37The JSSEZ initiative aims to foster mutual benefits for businesses and citizens of both

01:43countries by enhancing the flow of goods and people, improving the ease of doing business,

01:49and supporting talent development.

01:52Here in Singapore, as close neighbours and founding members of ASEAN, share a deep and

01:56multifaceted relationship.

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