Over 450 participants, including 200 from Singapore, attended the 9th Singapore Regional Business Forum at The Ritz-Carlton in Bangkok. The event marked 60 years of diplomatic relations and saw the signing of an MoU to boost investments in sectors such as food, biotech, and semiconductors.

The picture shows Mr Kok Ping Soon, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Business Federation (left), and Mr Narit Therdsteerasukdi, Secretary General, Thailand Board of Investment (right), checking hands after the signing of the MoU, witnessed (from left to right) by Dr. Tan See Leng, Minister for Manpower and Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology in the Ministry of Trade and Industry Republic of Singapore, Mr. Pichai Chunhavajira, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Thailand, Mr Teo Siong Seng, Chairman of Singapore Business Federation, and Executive Chairman of Pacific International Lines.