Minister proposes command centre at Changi naval base

Official opening of the Changi Naval Base by PM Goh. [There was a sail past, as 12 warships, a submarine and scores of small fast craft glided in a straight-line formation before guests gathered at South Breakwater Pier, where large warships dock. - Filepic

HONOLULU: Singapore has proposed hosting a regional crisis command centre that would help co-ordinate governments’ efforts after major natural disasters, the city-state’s defence minister said.

“We were obviously struck over the last decade by how many disasters there were” in the region, said Ng Eng Hen.