Simon Wong, High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore, on Sunday announced plans to invest ₹31,000 crore in Tamil Nadu.
Speaking before the start of the country-specific session at the Global Investors Meet 2024, he recalled a visit by a Tamil Nadu delegation, led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, to Singapore last year to invite investors to the GIM.
“I have to report to all the guests here that we have been long-standing partners of Tamil Nadu for centuries. Because of his team and the efforts of Guidance Tamil Nadu, we made a commitment to visit the GIM in a big way. There are around 80 business people. We are committed to ₹31,000 crore in investments in Tamil Nadu... Being the first partner country of Tamil Nadu, we want to assure [the State] that our journey together will be a long-standing one,” he said.