Singapore PM visits Malaysia

Singapore PM visits Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will meet his Malaysian counterpart next week for the third time in a month to discuss Asia's financial crisis, the foreign ministry said yesterday.

Goh was to arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Monday and then stop in the western state of Malacca before returning to Singapore by road Tuesday, the ministry said in a statement.

"The focus of the discussions between the two prime ministers would be on the financial and economic situation in the region and efforts to enhance intra-ASEAN trade and promote the use of regional currencies," it said.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has led a drive to increase the use of currencies of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in regional trade.