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Deepening bilateral tiesSingapore’s Minister of State forTrade and Industry Mr Teo Ser Luckand his delegation visitedKeppel Nantong Shipyard (KeppelNantong) on 25 April 2013 togain a better understanding ofKeppel’s offshore and shipbuildingbusinesses in China.This was part of Mr Teo’s officialvisit to the Chinese cities ofNanjing and Nantong between24 and 26 April 2013, with the aimof deepening relations betweenSingapore and the two Chinesecities. The delegation comprisedofficials from the Ministry of Tradeand Industry and IE Singapore.Mr Teo’s visit to Keppel Nantongwas hosted by Mr Edmund Lek,President of Keppel Nantong.Singapore’s Minister of State for Trade and Industry Mr Teo Ser Luck (fifth from right) andMr Ong Siew Gay (fourth from right), Singapore’s Consul-General in China, at Keppel Nantongwith Mr Edmund Lek (sixth from left), President of Keppel Nantong, Mr Goh Toh Sim (third fromleft), Chief Representative (China), Keppel Corporation, Mr John Chua (fourth from left), GM ofAsian Lift, Mr Chen Yixing (fifth from left), Vice Mayor of Nantong Municipal Government, andother Gangzha government officialsMr Lek and his team briefedMr Teo on the yard’s track record,current and new projects beingundertaken at the yard, as well asthe development plans and growthstrategies of Keppel Nantong.Mr Teo and his delegation werethen brought on a tour of theyard to have a close-up look at theoperations. Nantong governmentofficials led by Vice MayorMr Chen Yixing, and Singapore’sConsul-General in China, Mr OngSiew Gay, also joined in the visit.Driving safety across bordersAs part of ongoing efforts to alignsafety practices across the group’soverseas operations, KeppelOffshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M)Health Safety & Environment (HSE)team conducted a safety workshopat Keppel Nantong Shipyard(Keppel Nantong) which was heldbetween 9 and 11 April 2013.The workshop was organisedwith the aim of inculcating goodsafety practices among the yardmanagers, supervisors and juniorofficers at Keppel Nantong.Mr Yong Chee Min, GM, HSE ofKeppel O&M, spoke on varioustopics including “Challenges ofbuilding a safety culture at KeppelNantong”, “Keppel O&M’s SafetyInitiatives” and “Alignment ofGood Safety Practices”.Findings from an inter-yard safetycross audit conducted at KeppelNantong in March 2013 werealso shared at the workshop.This cross-business unit auditevaluated the maintenance ofmajor equipment and overallsafety culture of the yard. BrasFELSand Keppel Singmarine Brasil, twoother Keppel O&M overseas yards,participated in the cross auditprogramme earlier in the year.Mr Edmund Lek, President ofKeppel Nantong Shipyard, said,“At Keppel Nantong, we arecommitted to achieve a strongsafety culture and an incident-freeworkplace. We are glad to haveMr Yong Chee Min sharehis valuable insights with uswhich inspires us to strive forhigher safety standards in ouroperations.”OffshoreMarine March – April 201313