Sellapan Ramanathan
Sellapan Ramanathan
Sellapan Ramanathan, DUTis a Singaporean politician who was the sixth President of Singapore from 1999 to 2011. Usually referred to as S. R. Nathan, he was first sworn in on 1 September 1999. In 1999 and 2005, he was elected President in uncontested elections. In 2009, he surpassed Benjamin Sheares to become Singapore's longest-serving President. His second term ended on 31 August 2011. Since then, he has been the nation's only living former President...
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth3 July 1924
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Apprehension is natural, but it must not be concluded that it is a threat. Certainly not.
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In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.
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My second visit now is to your great country. We have long standing relations with your country, with your government and with your people.
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We are each other's seventh largest trading partner, we are the fifth largest investor there and likewise, we have a lot of exchanges between political leaders, businessmen, tourists and school children too.
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You are a large country, you have many resources, and you have people who are highly capable.
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Well, current relations are highly positive and this is underlined by the nature of our economic relations, our trade, and our investments.
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We hope that through these trade arrangements, through collaboration in training, in manpower development, and what have you, ASEAN in, say, ten years' time, will be a very different ASEAN.
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You are slowly developing some multinationals of your own. We certainly hope that some of them will look in this direction when they look for opportunities because the progress of Southeast Asia is important to China, just as China's progress is important to us.
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Well, you have a defence attache here, that's a step forward. Your Defence Minister has been here, our defence people have exchanges with you. So friendly relations at the military level are already in existence.
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Well, the important message that we've always carried to China is that we look forward to your progress and prosperity, we look forward to you playing a role in the progress and prosperity of this region and we look forward to stability in your relations with others.