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Marcos to discuss tourism, security, economic plans with Singaporean leaders

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Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with the Filipino community during his state visit in Singapore on Sept. 6, 2022. Bongbong Marcos Facebook page" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/09/07/bbm-singapore-9072022.jpg"/><figcaption>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with the Filipino community during his state visit in Singapore on Sept. 6, 2022. Bongbong Marcos Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to discuss post-pandemic tourism, security, and economic plans when he meets with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles on Wednesday.In a press briefing, Cruz-Angeles outlined the topics that Yacob and Lee are expected to talk about the 2-way tourism between both countries in the post-pandemic era, assigning military personnel as representatives to a regional counter-terrorism information facility, as well as economic cooperation efforts.Cruz-Angeles underscored the importance of the economic cooperation plans between the Philippines and Singapore, noting that the latter is credited as the country&#x27;s sixth largest trading partner and top investor in 2021.She added that the leaders will also be discussing Singapore&#x27;s possible technical and human resource development assistance to the Philippines.Marcos will also witness the signing of a number of agreements on counter-terrorism and personal data protection during his state visit in Singapore.Philippine Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Maj. Gen. Romulo Manuel Jr. will be signing the counter-terrorism agreement, while National Privacy Commission Chief John Henry Naga will be signing the agreement on personal data protection.Cruz-Angeles also said that Singapore has shown interest in hiring more Filipino nurses, after recognizing their role during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.&quot;Kinikilala nila [Singapore] ito. Kagabi in-announce ng ating pangulo sa kanyang pagpupulong sa mga kasamang OFW na nagsasabi ang Singapore na they&#x27;re willing to take more. So kinikilala din nila ang likas na galing ng Filipino health workers na nandito,&quot; she said.Socio-cultural and people-to-people exchanges are also expected to be discussed in the meeting along with tourism, as Singapore was the Philippines&#x27; top source of tourists from Southeast Asian before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2019.As of writing, there have been no developments made public on the discusssions between Marcos and the Singaporean leaders.Marcos&#x27; visit to Singapore comes right after meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and other Indonesian officials and businessmen on Monday and Tuesday. The president is expected to bring home $8.48-billion worth of investment pledges and at least 7,000 jobs.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/06/22/marcos-leaves-indonesia-with-848-b-investment-pledges">Marcos leaves Indonesia with $8.48 billion worth of investment pledges: Palace</a></li></ul>Marcos will then be at a Philippine economic briefing and meeting with Singaporean business leaders before heading back to Manila late Wednesday.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to discuss post-pandemic tourism, security, and economic plans when he meets with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

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Marcos to discuss tourism, security, economic plans with Singaporean leaders

Raffy Cabristante,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 07, 2022 02:49 PM PHT

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Updated September 07, 2022 04:23 PM PHT

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