Singapore PM starts week-long China visit

Lee Hsien Loong (third from left), accompanied by his wife Ho Ching (centre, back), arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at around noon on March 27, 2023. - MCI

GUANGZHOU (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Guangzhou on Monday (March 27) on his first trip to China in four years.

The Singapore leader, accompanied by his wife Ho Ching and a delegation of about 50 Singapore officials, was greeted on the tarmac at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at around noon by Chinese officials bearing umbrellas under a persistent drizzle.