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MM Lee to receive inaugural award in Washington DC
Posted: 20 October 2009 1945 hrs

 
 
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SINGAPORE: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will make an eleven-day visit to New York and Washington DC from Wednesday.

He will attend the JP Morgan Chase International Council meeting in Washington DC from October 29 to 30, and will meet with the Council on Foreign Relations and business leaders in New York.

Mr Lee will also meet the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, director of the National Economic Council, Lawrence Summers, and the president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, in Washington.

The minister mentor will deliver a speech and receive the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the US-ASEAN Business Council during its 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner in Washington on October 27.


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