The Hindu
10 Aug 2008
P.S. Suryanarayana
SINGAPORE: Singapore is set to host a business-focussed ‘Indian diaspora event’ in October, in a political ambience marked by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s view of the city state’s economic pact with India as a “gold standard” agreement.
The prospective conference is being portrayed as the first-ever “Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)” outside India with an exclusive thematic focus on economic issues of interest to overseas Indians. While the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI) will be the prime mover, the other key corporate organiser is the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). And, the Singapore government is extending support for the event, slated under the overall auspices of India’s Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
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