SEPANG, Oct 1 (Bernama) -- Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong departed for home today after concluding his one-day working visit to Malaysia.
Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) Deputy Secretary General (International Trade) Datuk Mastura Ahmad Mustafa was present at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1, here, to send off Gan, who departed on a Singapore-bound commercial flight at 6.35 pm.
Gan, who is also Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry, arrived in Malaysia this morning for the visit, with strengthening economic ties and supply chain resilience between the two countries high on the agenda.
During his visit, Gan met with Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani and attended a business luncheon with the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council in Kuala Lumpur, before co-chairing the Third Annual Ministerial Dialogue (AMD) between MITI and Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.
He also met with Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir in Putrajaya.
In 2025, Singapore was Malaysia’s second-largest trading partner globally, and the largest among ASEAN member states, with bilateral trade valued at RM402.8 billion.
During the same period, Singapore was also Malaysia’s largest source of foreign direct investment among ASEAN member states, with investments totalling RM53.4 billion.
-- BERNAMA