SICCI, SCCCI reschedule business mission to India

Monday, April 24, 2006, 10:34 [IST]

Singapore, Apr 24 : In view of the local elections in Chennai, the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) have rescheduled their business mission to India to May 21-26.

The mission, originally scheduled for May 14-19, will now visit Chennai from May 21 to 22, Pune from May 22- 24 and Mumbai on May 25 and 26, a SICCI statement said today.

The delegation, which would be jointly lead by SCCCI President Chua Tian Poh and SICCI Chairman M Rajaram, would cover key sectors including Infrastructure and Real Estate, Financial Services, Biotechnology, IT and ITES, Healthcare and Pharma Engineering, Tourism and Manufacturing.

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