As part of his two-day state visit to Singapore - and the first state visit by a sitting President of France - French President François Hollande delivered the 40th Singapore Lecture yesterday afternoon, speaking on the strategic partnership between France and Singapore, as well as on the benefits of globalisation and multilateralism. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam chaired the question-and-answer session which followed. Previously, former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre delivered the 3rd and 7th Singapore Lectures, respectively, in 1982 and in 1986. Continue reading →