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Working visit to Singapore and opening of the Singapore-ETH Centre
Alain Berset’s first trip outside Europe. On 16 March, together with Singapore’s Minister for the Environment, Vivian Balakrishnan, he opens the new building of the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC), the first research centre of a Swiss university in Asia. There the SEC runs the Future Cities Laboratory, devoted to planning more sustainable metropolises.
The rest of the stay is devoted to health and research. With the Minister for Health, Gan Kim Yong, he discusses health costs, eHealth and ageing. On 19 March, he meets President Tony Tan, whom he invites to Switzerland on behalf of the Federal Council, and Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Chairman of the National Research Foundation.
Friday 16 March 2012 — Singapore
- Meeting with Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Health
- Visit to the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases
- Visit to swissnex Singapore
- Meeting with Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
- Opening of the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC): speech by Alain Berset, tour of the laboratories
Saturday 17 March 2012 — Singapore
- Visit to the National Museum and the Asian Civilisations Museum
- Visit to the University of St. Gallen’s Singapore hub
- Meeting with the Swiss community at the Swiss Club
Monday 19 March 2012 — Singapore
- Visit to A*STAR and JTC at Fusionopolis
- Meeting with Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Research Foundation
- Meeting at the Health Promotion Board
- Lunch with representatives of the pharmaceutical and health sectors
- Meeting with President Tony Tan at the Istana
- Visit to the Roche Singapore site
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