MFA Press Statement: Visit of ESM Goh to New York and Boston (8 - 16 October 2012)

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS STATEMENT

VISIT OF EMERITUS SENIOR MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON

                   Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Goh Chok Tong will visit New York from 8 to 10 October 2012 and Boston from 10 to 16 October 2012.  In New York, ESM will meet United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over lunch, during which they will exchange views on current international developments and challenges.  ESM will also meet senior executives from key financial institutions in New York in his capacity as Senior Advisor to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and participate in a closed-door roundtable discussion with strategic thinkers from the Council on Foreign Relations. 

                   ESM is visiting Boston at the invitation of the Harvard University Asia Center as an Ezra F. Vogel Distinguished Visitor.  ESM will deliver a public lecture at the Harvard University Asia Center on the topic “Navigating a changing world: Perspectives of a small State” on 15 October 2012.  In Boston, ESM will also meet prominent academics from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University, as well as Singaporean students in the Boston area.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

8 OCTOBER 2012