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.