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Singapore must make engineering more attractive as a career: PM Lee

SINGAPORE — During a visit to Silicon Valley as part of a working visit to the United States, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday (Feb 11) met up with Singaporeans working at Google.

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SINGAPORE — During a visit to Silicon Valley as part of a working visit to the United States, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday (Feb 11) met up with Singaporeans working at Google.

In a Facebook post today, Mr Lee said that he discussed with the Singaporeans at Google — many who are engineers — about how Singapore must make engineering more attractive as a career.

During his trip to Silicon Valley, Mr Lee also met with Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

“We talked about new technologies and global trends, and Singapore’s Smart Nation ideas,” PM Lee said. The Prime Minister also had the opportunity to visit the Tesla factory, ride in a Tesla Model S P90D, as well as a go for a spin in Google’s self-driving car.

Yesterday, Mr Lee also met California Governor Jerry Brown to reaffirm the strong economic ties between Singapore and California. He emphasised the importance of continued US engagement of Asia, and the swift ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

“Ended the day meeting Ian Clark of Genentech, one of the earliest biotech companies. Genentech has a biologics plant in Tuas which they are very pleased with,” Mr Lee said, adding that he was looking forward to meetings on Friday.

Mr Lee is visiting San Francisco from Feb 10 to 15 and Sunnylands, California to attend the Special ASEAN-US Leaders Summit from Feb 15 to 16. CHANNEL NEWSASIA

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