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SEPANG:- Singapore DPM and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong arrived here KL on Sunday (Sept 4) for a four-day working visit.

Wong flew in from Singapore via a commercial aircraft and was received on arrival at the KL International Airport (KLIA).

He was by Foreign Ministry Chief of Protocol Mohd Aini Atan, Chief of Ceremony of the Malaysian Government Datuk Rozainor Ramli and Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Menon.

Wong was given a royal salute at the Arrival Hall of KLIA before inspecting a guard-of-honour mounted by 32 officers and personnel from the First Battalion of the Royal Ranger Regiment.

During his visit, Wong is scheduled to have an audience with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Negara.

He is also scheduled to call on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, as well as meet Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, and Bank Negara Malaysia governor Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus.

Singapore is Malaysia's second largest trading partner and the largest within Asean, with a total trade value amounting to RM267.11bil in 2021, an increase of 25.2% compared to the recorded value in 2020. - Bernama