‘Never forget that your ultimate responsibility is to the Singapore community’ — President Tharman @ SICCI centenary

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The president urged SICCI to actively promote opportunities to work together with non-Indian businesses in Singapore

SINGAPORE: In the speech President Tharman Shanmugaratnam gave at the Centennial Celebration of the Singapore-Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Saturday, May 4, he noted that while SICCI’s roles “have evolved quite dramatically over the years.”

“That role as an integrator between old and new, between businesses from different Indian ethnicities, must always be in your minds, and on your agenda as a Chamber.” It is playing an especially important role in helping businesses to embrace the opportunities of a digital and sustainable economy, and to invest and operate abroad,” he noted.

President Tharman mentioned the different industries, such as the semiconductor sector, where there can be further opportunities between the two nations, adding:

 

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