Patten calls on leaders
FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM
HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten held discussions with Singapore leaders on issues including Hongkong's future yesterday.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said he
Singapore
Differing views on forum’s future aired
FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM ON APEC
ECONOMISTS who spoke at the Fortune Global Forum yesterday hold differing views about the future of the Asia
S’pore will strive to boost trade with Pakistan : PM
SINGAPORE will work to increase its trade with Pakistan and could attempt at playing a catalytic role to attract foreign investments into
S’pore, Pakistan sign investment pact
SINGAPORE and Pakistan yesterday signed a long-term investment guarantee agreement to promote bilateral business and economic cooperation.
The pact was signed by the
Early morning arrival for Benazir Bhutto
PAKISTANI Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived early yesterday morning to a still slumbering Singapore.
A special Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 707 aircraft, carrying
S’pore ‘best placed to invest in Pakistan’
* Benazir Bhutto on: --------------------
SINGAPORE, with its advanced economy and infrastructure, is best placed to invest in Pakistan, according to Pakistani Prime
‘Internal woes ruined Barings’
BROUGHT DOWN BY A LACK OF CONTROL
PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that the Barings debacle was the result of internal
PM Goh and Keating to make Apec meet a success
SINGAPORE and Australia have expressed fresh support for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) forum, with both countries determined to make the group's
Panel to strengthen S’pore-Australia ties
SINGAPORE and Australia have agreed to set up a high-level committee to look at ways of strengthening political, security and economic relations
Continent is weak link in anti-drug fight
GLOBAL DRUGS PROBLEM
AFRICA
AFRICA is a "weak link" in the global war against drugs.
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said in its report
The Drugs Scourge
GLOBAL DRUGS PROBLEM
Africa * Weak link in international drug control efforts. * Increasing drug abuse in several countries. Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola,
Republic’s tough, well-publicised laws a strong deterrent to traffickers
GLOBAL DRUGS PROBLEM
SINGAPORE
THE small number of drug couriers arrested in Singapore showed that they were avoiding the Republic as a transit point,