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WORKING VISIT TO INDIA BY PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE LEE HSIEN LOONG, 3 TO 7 OCTOBER 2016

3 October 2016

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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a Working Visit to India from 3 to 7 October 2016 at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Lee will visit New Delhi from 3 to 5 October, and Udaipur from 5 to 6 October. PM Lee last visited India in December 2012 to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit.

In New Delhi, PM Lee will meet and be hosted to lunch by PM Modi. The Prime Ministers will witness the exchange of three MOUs on (i) cooperation in the field of industrial property between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and the Indian Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, (ii) cooperation on the establishment of a North East Skills Centre in Assam between the Institute of Technical Education Education Services and the Government of Assam and (iii) cooperation in skills development between the Institute of Technical Education Education Services and the Indian National Skill Development Corporation. PM Lee will also call on President Pranab Mukherjee, receive a call by Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, and attend a reception for Singaporeans based in India.

In Udaipur, PM Lee will receive a call by Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, who will also host PM Lee to a lunch. PM Lee will attend the launch of the Centre of Excellence for Tourism Training, which is part of our skills development collaboration under the India-Singapore Strategic Partnership signed in November 2015. In addition, PM Lee will also witness the signing of (i) a MOU on cooperation on Tourism and Urban Solutions between International Enterprise Singapore and the Government of Rajasthan, and (ii) an Agreement on a Capacity Building Programme in Tourism and Hospitality between Singapore Cooperation Enterprise and the Government of Rajasthan.

PM Lee will be accompanied by Mrs Lee, Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S Iswaran, Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Senior Minister of State (Defence) Ong Ye Kung, Senior Minister of State (Defence)/(Foreign Affairs) Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Members of Parliament Denise Phua and Vikram Nair; and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education.

During PM Lee’s absence, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean will be the Acting Prime Minister on 3 and 4 October 2016. Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan will be the Acting Prime Minister from 5 to 7 October 2016.

PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
SINGAPORE
3 OCTOBER 2016