PM Lee on week-long visit to California
He will meet the head honchos of several prominent American technology companies
Singapore
PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong is heading to California for a week-long working visit until Feb 16, his office announced in a statement on Wednesday.
This will be his first trip to the United States since June 2014, when he visited Washington, DC and New York city.
This time, Mr Lee will spend the bulk of his time in San Francisco, where he is scheduled to meet with California Governor Jerry Brown and several top business leaders from prominent American technology companies.
The list includes Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Alphabet executive chairman…
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