This, as part of a strategy to develop firms that can compete on a global stage. Singapore Business Federation CEO Kok Ping Soon was in the studio to discuss how businesses view this year's Budget.

In 1990 he became VVD leader and was instrumental in the formation of the first cabinet led by the PvdA’s Wim Kok, although he opted to remain in parliament. From 1999 to 2004, he was European ...

But at least Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok sent tulip bulbs when our late first lady Usha Narayanan, an avid gardener, requested some during his 1999 visit. Mrs Narayanan had already coaxed tulips to ...