SEPANG, Oct 1 — Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong departed for home today after concluding his one-day working visit to Malaysia.
The Investment, Trade, and Industry (MITI) Ministry's Deputy Secretary General (International Trade) Datuk Mastura Ahmad Mustafa was present at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 to see Gan off, who departed on a Singapore-bound commercial flight at 6.35pm.
Gan, who is also Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister, arrived in Malaysia this morning for the visit, with strengthening economic ties and supply chain resilience between the two countries high on the agenda.
During his visit, he met with MITI Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani and attended a business luncheon with the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council in Kuala Lumpur, before co-chairing the Third Annual Ministerial Dialogue (AMD) between MITI and Singapore’s Trade and Industry Ministry.
He also met with Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir in Putrajaya.
In 2025, Singapore was Malaysia’s second-largest trading partner globally, and the largest among ASEAN member states, with bilateral trade valued at RM402.8 billion.
During the same period, Singapore was also Malaysia’s largest source of foreign direct investment among ASEAN member states, with investments totalling RM53.4 billion.
