Hainan Governor Luo Baoming visited Singapore with a big delegation to promote closer economic links. Hainan is China's smallest province with a population of over 8m and a land area of 34,000 sq kim. Hainan, Guangdong and Fujian are of course the three provinces where most Chinese in Singapore came from originally. Compared to Guangdong and Fujian, however, our links to Hainan island are relatively weak. In the last 5 years, Hainan province has made great strides. A round-island railway is now operating and a high speed train will reduce travelling time from Haikou to Sanya in a little more than an hour. By 2020, the island will be linked to Zhanjiang Peninsula on the Chinese Mainland by a bridge.
George Yeo
With Hainan Governor Luo Baoming
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