Singapore, China agree to boost cooperation.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of report by Laurel Teo carried by Singapore newspaper The Straits Times website on 21 September

In another sign bilateral ties are firmly back on track, Singapore and China yesterday concluded a successful high-level meeting and agreed to work more closely on initiatives new and old.

They concurred on working together to develop the western and north-eastern regions of China.

They also shook hands on cooperating in finance, human resource development and high-tech areas, on natural disasters, and on helping Chinese firms go global.

Visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi and Singapore's …