MOS Dr Koh Poh Koon Visits China from 24 – 28 April 2017
Apr 23, 2017
Dr Koh Poh Koon, Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry will be visiting China from 24 to 28 April 2017.
Dr Koh will visit the Jilin Food Zone and attend the ground-breaking ceremony of the Integrated Pig Farm (IPF) project. Jointly owned by Thai company Charoen Pokphand (CP), and Singaporean companies, Ascendas-Singbridge and SATS, the IPF will develop an integrated value chain for pork production in Jilin. There are plans to eventually export the pork to Singapore and other countries.
Dr Koh will also visit several high-tech vegetable farms in Beijing, Hainan and Guangdong, together with representatives from Singapore’s farming industry and institutes of higher learning, as well as members of the Industry Consultation Panel. They will study the possibility of adopting some of these technologies to improve farm productivity in Singapore.
Dr Koh will be accompanied by officials from the Ministry of National Development and the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore.
Issued by: Ministry of National Development
Date: 23 April 2017