What are the new areas where Singaporean and the UAE companies can work together?
Big Singaporean companies have experience in the Chinese market. Dubai is a financial hub in the Middle East and Singapore is hub in the East. Singapore is a wealth management centre. Rich people in Asia invest either in Singapore or through Singapore in other countries. The UAE has rich investors looking for opportunities. With UAE companies, we can go to China and Vietnam. Dileep Nair Consul General of Singapore in Dubai Two years ago, Dileep Nair was appointed as the first Consul General of the Singapore Consulate in Dubai. Singapore has no consulate or embassy in any Middle Eastern countries except Egypt, Saudi and the UAE. From 2000 to 2005, Mr Nair served as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services at the United Nations. Prior to his appointment to the UN, he was managing director of the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), the largest South-East Asian bank. Before coming to DBS he was CEO of the Post Office Savings Bank of Singapore. And before his career in banki
