Dutch transport minister leads delegation to Hong Kong

DUTCH Transport Minister Camiel Eurlings is to lead a 32-strong business delegation from September 5-10 to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore to learn from Asia's success, said a Netherlands government communique.

Hong Kong will stage a roundtable to discuss developments in the Greater Pearl River Delta, specifically the integrated infrastructure and administration between Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, with the addition of a visit to the Bridge Tunnel Project.

With innovative developments and international co-operation high on the agenda, Mr Eurlings seeks to boost economic collaboration in port and airport development, maritime transport, logistics concepts, public transport and traffic management, said the statement.

In Singapore, Mr Eurlings will hold meetings with Transport Minister Raymond Lim and will visit the Land Transport Authority and the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway Operations Control Centre to learn more of Singapore's experience with traffic management, road safety and sustainable urban traffic.

A series of roundtable sessions is also planned including a Singapore roundtable on September 8 "Holland, Connecting Global Airport/Seaport Hubs" to share the experience of the successful combination of the ports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Schiphol and the logistics industry for hubs facing the same issues of sustainable requirements, upgrading of labour market and training, facilitating data transfer, developing port community systems, and organising hinterland connections.

A discussion on "ITS-Smart and Sustainable Urban Transport" will reflect on state-of-the-art developments in traffic management, as well as opportunities for collaboration between Singapore and the Netherlands with focus on Smart and Sustainable Urban Transport, Road Pricing, Public Transport Smartcard Capabilities, ETicketing, and Multimodality.
(Source:www.schednet.com)