‘Having Singapore base will boost regional trade’

Tengku Zafrul (right) giving a speech before launching the Matrade Singapore office. Looking on are Reezal Merican (far left) and Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore Datuk Dr Azfar Mohamad Mustafar (second from left). — THOMAS YONG/The Star

OPENING a Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) office in Singapore is part of Putrajaya’s effort to enhance trade and investment between both countries and Asean as a whole.

Matrade chairman Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican said the setting up of its 49th office in Singapore, following those in Cairo in Egypt and Paris in France, was based on data and global trade trends.