The Ministry for Foreign Affairs gave today a presentation to the King and Queen before state visit to Singapore.
Tuesday 19 November
Official welcoming ceremony and bilateral meeting
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his wife, First Lady Jane Yumiko Ittogi, will receive the King and Queen in an official welcoming ceremony at the Parliament of Singapore. At the ceremony, The King and President Shanmugaratnam will inspect the guard of honour, and the national anthems will be performed. Then The King will sign a guest book and the official delegations will be presented.
The President will then receive The King for bilateral talks.
Orchid naming ceremony, Singapore Botanic Gardens
The King and Queen will take part in an orchid naming ceremony at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. In accordance with Singaporean tradition, a special hybrid orchid is produced and named after high-level visitors.
Lunch
Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife, Ms Ho Ching, will host a lunch for The King and Queen.
Marina Bay Sands
At the top of the Marina Bay Sands resort, with panoramic views of the city and the Singapore Strait, The King and Queen will receive a presentation of Singapore's history, geography and significance to global trade.
Marina Barrage
The King and Queen, Ms Malmer Stenergard and the state secretaries will then visit the Marina Barrage dam for a presentation and discussions on sustainability, with a focus on water issues.
State Banquet
The President and First Lady will host a State Banquet in honour of The King and Queen at the Raffles Hotel.
Wednesday 20 November
Singapore–Sweden Royal Business Forum
Wednesday’s programme will begin with the Singapore–Sweden Royal Business Forum. Around 300 participants from the business sector, government agencies and academia will gather to discuss energy transfer, sustainable transport solutions, health and life sciences, and defence. The Singapore–Sweden Royal Business Forum is a continuation of a number of major business events between Sweden and Singapore and its surrounding region in recent years. The aim is to strengthen engagement and cooperation on innovation driven by digitalisation and the green transition.
Business lunch
The King and Queen and Ms Malmer Stenergard will attend a lunch with representatives of the Swedish and Singaporean business sectors.
Symposium on health care
The Queen will attend the Singapore-Sweden Partnership: Empowering Innovation in Healthcare symposium, involving leading experts and researchers from Singapore and Sweden. The symposium will look at how innovation can help improve health and medical care and how cooperation between the two countries can be strengthened. Singapore’s Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung will also attend. Following words of welcome by The Queen and Mr Kung, a memorandum of understanding in the area of health will be signed by Ms Söderström and Singapore’s Permanent Secretary (Policy and Development) Lai Wei Lin.
Peranakan Museum
The Queen will visit the Peranakan Museum. The museum is home to one of the finest and most extensive collections of Peranakan artefacts in South-East Asia. The Peranakan culture exists throughout South-East Asia and is expressed in design, architecture, food and family traditions.
IISS Raffles Lecture
Ms Malmer Stenergard will give a lecture on the theme of Strengthening Cross-Regional Security: Sweden and the Indo-Pacific with The King and Queen in attendance. The IISS Raffles Lectures are arranged by the independent International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). The lectures aim to inspire informed public debate on matters of regional and international importance.
Reception
The King and Queen will give a reception for their hosts and invited guests at Clifford Pier.
Thursday 21 November
Brani Island
At Brani Island, The King and Queen will be shown the fire-fighting vessel Red Manta and examples of how search and rescue missions are undertaken in the Singapore Strait, one of the world’s most trafficked commercial waterways.
PSA – Pasir Panjang Terminal
The King and Queen will visit PSA at the Pasir Panjang Terminal, the major port in Singapore with a handling capacity of 34 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
Meeting with the Prime Minister
The King will meet with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, with the Swedish ministers and state secretaries in attendance.
Lunch and panel discussions at Nanyang Technological University
The King and Queen and Mr Jevrell will attend a lunch at Nanyang Technological University, hosted by University President Professor Ho Teck Hua. In connection with the lunch, a panel discussion on the use of artificial intelligence in education, business and the public sector, moderated by Sharanjit Leyl, will take place.
Meeting with expatriate Swedes
The King and Queen and Ms Malmer Stenergard will meet with expatriate Swedes in Singapore at a reception held at the residence of the Ambassador of Sweden, hosted by Ambassador Anders Sjöberg and his wife Ylva Sjöberg. The King and Ms Malmer Stenergard will both give speeches.
Gardens by the Bay
The King and Queen will then visit the Gardens by the Bay and attend the inauguration of this year's Christmas exhibit. The gardens present the plant kingdom in a new way, from species in cool, temperate climates to tropical forests and habitats.
Satay by the Bay
The day's programme will conclude with a visit by The King and Queen to Satay by the Bay for a presentation of Singapore’s unique hawker food culture.
The State Visit will conclude later in the evening, when The King and Queen leave Singapore.
Their Majesties The King and Queen will pay a State Visit to Singapore on 19–21 November 2024 at the invitation of President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
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King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia met journalists from Singapore at the Royal Palace.
The visiting journalists are on a temporary visit to Sweden, and will accompany the Royal Couple on the upcoming state visit to Singapore 19-21 November.
Den 12 november gav Kungaparet företräde på Kungl. Slottet för journalister från Singapore.
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