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Sustaining growth, boosting resilience and innovation on agenda at upcoming meet

Finance Minister Heng also highlights roundtable to discuss Asean infrastructure funding gap

Published Thu, Mar 29, 2018 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    ASEAN Finance Ministers will be looking at how to sustain growth, boost resilience and foster innovation when they meet next week in Singapore.

    At a media briefing ahead of next week's 4th Asean Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat laid out what needs to be done by Asean countries over the next 50 years to continue the remarkable progress the region has made since its founding in 1967. Singapore is the Asean chair this year.

    AseanHeng Swee Keat

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