Continuing S'pore and London's shared history of growth
WHEN President Tony Tan Keng Yam visited the United Kingdom last October on a state visit, he spoke about how London had acted as a blueprint for the growth of Singapore. Speaking in the presence of UK royalty, politicians, business leaders and the world's media, he also said that the development of London as a global city and a cosmopolitan financial centre had been a source of inspiration for Singapore after independence. For President Tan to be so complimentary about London and the wider UK is a source of immense pride for me as the ambassador for the UK's financial and professional services sector.
On that very same night, my predecessor as Lord Mayor of the City of London, Dame Fiona Woolf, also spoke about how we cherish our longstanding friendship and partnership with Singapore. As two of the world's four global financial centres, we have common goals and objectives in so many areas - investment banking, asset management, legal services and the development of the yuan, to name but a few. That is why my visit this week to Singapore comes at such an opportune time. With the new UK government settling into power, I come here to reiterate that the UK's …
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