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Singapore’s PM defends Taylor Swift exclusivity deal amid regional grumbles

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong travelled to Melbourne to attend the ASEAN-Australia summit [File: Jaimi Joy/Reuters]

Singapore’s prime minister has defended striking a deal with Taylor Swift to ensure she did not perform in any other Southeast Asian country following complaints from regional neighbours.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time that the city-state had signed an exclusivity deal with the global pop icon but denied that the arrangement was “unfriendly” to other countries in the region.

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