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Speaker of the Lower House of Myanmar’s Parliament Thura U Shwe Mann visited Singapore from 23-26 September 2012 at the invitation of Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer. Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann called on Acting President J Y Pillay, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and was hosted to dinner by Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Grace Fu.

Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong visited Myanmar from 11-14 June 2012 with a multi-agency team to explore new areas for bilateral cooperation as a follow-up to President Thein Sein’s State Visit. Emeritus Senior Minister Goh called on President U Thein Sein, and Lower House Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann. During the visit, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh met with other key government leaders and hosted a dinner for members of the Myanmar Investment Commission.

Myanmar’s Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin made an introductory visit to Singapore from 13-15 May 2012. He called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and was hosted to lunch by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam.

Myanmar President U Thein Sein made a state visit to Singapore from 29 January - 1 February 2012. He called on President Tony Tan, who hosted a State Banquet, and met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who hosted lunch. President U Thein Sein also had a breakfast meeting with Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and visited the Housing Development Board hub. During the visit, President U Thein Sein and Prime Minister Lee witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the Singapore-Myanmar Technical Cooperation Programme.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam made his introductory visit to Myanmar from 12-14 December 2011. He called on President U Thein Sein and Upper House Speaker U Khin Aung Myint. He also met Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin, Union Solidarity and Development Party Secretary-General Htay Oo and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Minister Shanmugam also handed over a tube well in Kawhmu Township to Yangon Region Chief Minister Myint Swe. The tube well was one of 385 tube wells built with funds from the Singapore Government's US$5 million post-Cyclone Nargis humanitarian assistance pledge.

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Singapore and Myanmar enjoy good bilateral relations and cooperate closely within ASEAN. Myanmar is among the top 10 recipient countries under the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP). Under the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI), Singapore established the Myanmar-Singapore Training Centre (MSTC) in Yangon in 2001 to train Myanmar officials. Singapore was also one of the first countries to offer assistance to Myanmar following Cyclone Nargis in 2008. Singapore contributed an initial US$200,000 in humanitarian aid, followed by another US$5 million for various humanitarian projects, including donations of airport ground handling equipment, fertiliser and fishing boats, and the construction of tubewells and a station hospital. During President Thein Sein's State Visit to Singapore in January 2012, a Memorandum of Understanding on the Singapore-Myanmar Technical Cooperation Programme was signed between the Governments of Singapore and Myanmar. Under the Technical Cooperation Programme, Singapore will share its developmental experiences and provide training to Myanmar in three key areas, namely economic development, human resource development, and public administration.

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