Chongqing- On April 26, the Chongqing Municipal People's Government donated medical supplies to Singapore to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Li Bo, Deputy Mayor of Chongqing Municipal Government, Tan Chee King, Consul General of Singapore in Chengdu, and heads of relevant municipal departments attended the ceremony.
Chongqing Municipal People's Government donated medical supplies to Singapore to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Singapore is one of the countries with the worst outbreak situation in Asia. As of 24:00 on April 25, Singapore had 618 newly confirmed cases, with a total of 12,693 diagnosed cases and 12 deaths.
Zhang Yongwu, the Director of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Affairs Office, delivered a remark.
Zhang Yongwu, the Director of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Affairs Office, said in his speech at the ceremony that the Singaporean government and all sectors of society expressed their condolences and support at the critical moment when the Chongqing people fought against the COVID-19 epidemic and actively provided help. Companies such as Singapore CapitaLand have provided Chongqing with masks, medical gloves, protective clothing, and other important anti-epidemic materials. Singapore Airlines and Global Logistics Group guarantee passenger and freight transportation from Chongqing to Singapore. Chongqing people are deeply moved and bear in mind.
This time, the Chongqing Municipal People's Government will donate 250,000 medical masks to Singapore, of which the first batch of masks will be shipped to Singapore tomorrow. At the same time, medical manufactures in Chongqing are increasing their productivity and stepping up the manufacturing of the second batch of 100,000 disposable medical masks so that they can be sent to Singapore as soon as possible to fight the epidemic. This fully demonstrates the sincere friendship between the people of Chongqing and Singapore, and the spirit of cooperation between Chongqing and Singapore to fight against the epidemic. Chongqing will maintain close communication with all channels in Singapore, adopt a more flexible approach, strive to fight both the epidemic situation and project cooperation, and continue to promote the China-Singapore interconnection project and the "land-sea new channel."
Li Bo (R2) and Tan Chee King (L2) talk in front of the donation boxes
Tan Chee King, Consul General of Singapore in Chengdu, said that at the critical moment of Singapore's epidemic prevention and control, Chongqing provided vigorous support and assistance, once again verifying the sincere friendship between Singapore and China, and interpreting the friendship of mutual help. "I hope the global pandemic can be controlled so that Chongqing and Singapore can resume and promote cooperation and exchanges in the very near future."
a slogan on the donation boxes