Lee Hsien Loong News

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived here on Wednesday for a state visit and the Economic Leaders Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation , scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation members to re-commit to their goals of sustaining growth, avoiding protectionism and promoting regional economic integration.

Pedestrians walk under a giant APEC banner outside the Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore on Monday, Nov.

Mr Lee pointing out that top universities in the US have caught up, and many in China and India are on the rise as well, at last night's gala dinner.

PM Lee addressed the 8000-crowd at the Jurong Bird Park yesterday by greeting them with 'vanakkam', and saying that he was 'delighted' that the community had come together to support this event.

President Barack Obama and other Asia-Pacific leaders, meeting at a summit this week, will push for a new global strategy to reduce the crippling imbalances in the world economy blamed for the severe financial crisis.

Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming state visits to Malaysia and Singapore would comprehensively push forward China's ties with the two nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , said an official with the Foreign Ministry here Friday.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gives a press conference at the Istana or Presidential Palace on Tuesday, Nov.

Bloomberg Posted: Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 at 2237 hrs IST Updated: Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 at 2237 hrs IST : Shamim Adam The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation will focus on 'longer-term' issues such as promoting trade and market opening as the group's members emerge from recession, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

United States president Barrack Obama could cross paths for the first time with Burmese prime minister Thein Sein at a summit to be held in Singapore later this month.

Longer-term issues will top the agenda when Singapore hosts the leaders' summit for the first time next week.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday met former United States President George W. Bush at the Istana here.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was made for YouTube. He speaks so well and is so comfortable on camera.

The recent announcement that several blocks in Potong Pasir have been earmarked for the Lift Upgrading Programme was heartening, but questions were asked about what was being done to win the constituency back from the opposition.

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, launching the annual Clean and Green campaign on Friday, urged Singaporeans to prepare for the global challenge of climate change.

Unemployment is creeping up as the economy recovers in Singapore. Jobless numbers tend to lag behind economic recovery, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said a fortnight ago, and overall unemployment is still below 3.5 percent.

AS THE 16 member nations of the fledging East Asia Summit continue to try to work more closely, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday had some suggestions to give them.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday called for identifying new areas of cooperation between Singapore and the Netherlands.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong agreed that the two countries need to work out specific measures to develop bilateral ties in a more stable and sustainable manner in future.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, fifth from left, link hands with ASEAN leaders during group shot before the ASEAN-Japan meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, in Cha-am of Hua Hin district, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct.