Goh visits NZ, focusing on trade

Goh visits NZ, focusing on trade

WELLINGTON (Reuter): Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
arrived in New Zealand yesterday for a four-day official visit
expected to focus on trade.

Goh flew into Christchurch and will tour the International
Antarctic Visitors Center there before leaving for the capital
Wellington to meet Prime Minister Jim Bolger, an official
statement said.

The two leaders attended last week's Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) summit in Indonesia which agreed to create the
world's biggest free trade zone by 2020.

Goh, who is to visit Auckland tomorrow and Thursday, will
witness the signing of joint venture agreements in
telecommunications, tourism and education.

By the end of 1993, New Zealand was Singapore's fifth largest
investment destination, with total direct equity investment,
including in property, standing at about New Zealand $1.5 billion
(US$935 million).