Bloomberg TV to Air Week-Long Series on Singapore Business

Bloomberg TV to Air Week-Long Series on Singapore Business

'Focus On Singapore' to Showcase Interviews with Singapore's Top CEO's and Senior Government Leaders, Beginning on Friday

Lee Kuan Yew to appear as part of Focus on Singapore on Bloomberg Television

SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg Television(R), the global 24-hour business and financial network, is airing a week-long television series on the business and leadership of Singapore, beginning this week and running through September 18th. The series, entitled "Focus on Singapore," will feature pre-recorded and live interviews with Singapore's top CEO's and senior Government leaders.

Host Bernard Lo will discuss current trends within Singapore's dynamic healthcare, travel and telecommunications industries with the executives that have served to shape them. "Focus on Singapore" will feature Singapore's most influential business and government leaders including:

- Goh Chok Tong -- Senior Minister, Republic of Singapore - Lee Kuan Yew -- Mentor Minister, Republic of Singapore - Lee Hsien Yang -- President and Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Telecommunications Limited - Tony Davis -- Chief Executive Officer, Tiger Airways Pte Ltd - Kai Nargolwala -- Group Executive Director, Governance Asia and Chairman, Wholesale Bank, Standard Chartered Plc - Ji Hai Sheng -- President, COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited - Jose Isidro Camacho -- Vice Chairman, Non-Japan Asia, Credit Suisse First Boston - Miguel Ko -- President, Asia-Pacific, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

The interviews will be broadcast as part of "Bloomberg Live" (6:00 - 9:00 a.m. ET), "Bloomberg Now" (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.), and "Bloomberg Voices with Bernard Lo" (1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.). The sessions will be available to users of the Bloomberg Professional(R) service via AV < GO > in their entirety both at the time they air and as archived video files.

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