The Legislature has established a Taiwan-Singapore parliamentarian friendship association. The organization, founded Friday, will be led by opposition KMT lawmaker Johnny Chiang, with more than 40 lawmakers from across party lines as members.
Chiang said that Taiwan and Singapore have close relations. He said both countries are important trading partners for each other. He also said Singapore, like Taiwan, is governed by a cabinet system, with a government dominated by members of the parliament. Chiang said that strengthening parliamentary diplomacy is important to Taiwan-Singapore relations.
Singapore’s representative to Taiwan, Yip Wei Kiat, was at the association’s inaugural meeting. Yip said that both Taiwan and Singapore have benefited from economic, cultural, and educational exchanges. He said that Taiwan and Singapore have expanded bilateral cooperation this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Yip said he hopes that the association will play a vital role in bilateral relations in the future.