{"id":75585,"date":"2026-08-11T07:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75585"},"modified":"2026-08-11T07:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:20:02","slug":"why-asean-matters-more-than-ever-to-the-uk-and-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75585","title":{"rendered":"Why Asean matters more than ever to the UK and Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"article-description\">The Republic\u2019s role as a gateway to the bloc and Britain\u2019s accession to the CPTPP expand mutual opportunity<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body-container\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">THIS is my second year in Singapore, and once again I have spent the last few weeks enjoying the run-up to National Day, as the nation decked itself out in its full red and white glory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">But Singapore\u2019s 61st birthday is not the only special day we celebrated last weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6 inline-block\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">On Saturday (Aug 8), we marked Asean Day, and I have been reflecting not only on the bloc\u2019s impact as a regional institution, but also on what our links with Asean mean for the UK\u2019s relationship with Singapore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/opinion-features\/why-asean-matters-more-ever-uk-and-singapore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic\u2019s role as a gateway to the bloc and Britain\u2019s accession to the CPTPP expand mutual opportunity THIS is my second year in Singapore,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}