SINGAPORE - Singapore and Qatar technology start-ups will soon find it easier to access each other’s markets, while companies from both sides can look forward to commercial partnerships in areas such as transport and logistics, energy, manufacturing and digitalisation.
Earlier on Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed, who is also Qatar’s Foreign Minister, received a ceremonial welcome at the Istana. He called on President Halimah Yacob and met PM Lee, who hosted him to an official lunch. Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana on Thursday. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
National water agency PUB and the Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council inked an agreement to exchange knowledge and explore joint research programmes. Under the MOU, the QRDI will organise delegations from Qatar to the Singapore International Water Week, a biennial event for the global water industry. The remaining two agreements involved Singapore’s Ministry of Social and Family Development and Ministry of Education , and their respective Qatari counterparts.