Singapore trade in offing
PA Wellington Trade between New Zea- 1 land and Singapore will be I studied this week, with talks] between the Government and' Singapore’s Finance Minis-i ter (Mr Hon Sui Sen) who' arrived in Wellington on Sun- 1 day. at the invitation of th<Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon).i Mr Hon, who is accom i pani»-d by his wife, will visit I other New Zealand centres! during his eight-day stay. "I would like to see how: New Zealand does thing, and its potential for geothermal power,” he said yesterday. He said he would be happy to see a bigger two-way trade, and he emphasised the place New Zealand expertise could have in Singapore. On New Zealand troops in Singapore, he said that his Government regarded their presence as a token of] friendship. although they! made little difference to Singapore’s economy Commenting on New Zea-! land’s international standing, in view of recent controversy about the All Black tour of iSouth Africa, Mr Hon said
[he sympathised with New Zealand’s problems. He did not consider New Zealand (would face any real difhiculties as a result of the controversv. I Mr Hon will call on offi|cials at the Reserve Bank, (the Department of Trade and [industry, and the Dairv (Board today, as well as ‘attending a Ministerial I luncheon in his honour
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