| Danial Norjidi |
THE Secretary-General of Asean, Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi, paid a courtesy call on Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana in Singapore on Tuesday.
According to a news item on Asean.org, Prime Minister Lee reaffirmed Singapore’s commitment to Asean as well as support for the Asean Secretary-General and the Asean Secretariat. The secretary-general expressed readiness to support Singapore as Asean Chair 2018.
It was the secretary-general’s first call on an Asean head of government since taking up the association’s helm earlier this month. He was in Singapore for consultations with key government officials upon Singapore’s assumption of the Asean Chairmanship for 2018.
Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi was accompanied by two deputy secretaries-general and Asean Secretariat officers representing the Political-Security, Economic and Socio-Cultural pillars of the Asean Community.
Apart from his call to Prime Minister Lee, Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi also had meetings with Cabinet ministers and officials, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan; Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade), Lim Hng Kiang; Minister for Finance, Heng Swee Keat; Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport, Khaw Boon Wan; Minister for Social and Family Development, Desmond Lee; and Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Second Minister for Defence, Ong Ye Kung.
The Asean Secretariat delegation also had separate meetings with Singaporean government agencies who are the focal points of the three Asean Community pillars.
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