伊麗莎白二世在歡迎新加坡總統(tǒng)陳慶炎英語演講稿

1、伊麗莎白二世在歡迎新加坡總統(tǒng)陳慶炎英語演講稿Mr. President,Prince Philip and I are delighted t welcme yu and yur wife t Buckingham Palace thisevening.ur tw natins enjy a rich, shared histry dating back t when Sir Stamfrd Raffles landed inSingapre almst tw centuries ag.Hw right he was when he said, “it wuld be difficult t

2、name a place n the face f the earthwith brighter prspects”.His name lives n in Singapre thrugh schls, hspitals and, f curse, Raffles htel, wherePrince Philip and I stayed n ur State Visit in 2019年.Then, as in ur earlier visits, we received a warm welcme frm the peple f yur cuntry, ashave ther member

3、s f my family, mst recently my grandsn William and his wife.Yur visit t the United Kingdm marks the cntinued deepening f the relatinship betweenur cuntries.Althugh this is the first State Visit frm Singapre, yu attended bth the pening ceremniesf the lympic Games in Lndn in 2019年, and the Cmmnwealth

4、Games in Glasgw earlier thisyear, and yur Prime Minister has visited the United Kingdm n many ccasins.As well as a cmmn heritage, ur cuntries share a wealth f cmmn interests.As tw f the leading financial services centres in the wrld, we are significant investrs in eachthers cuntries.ur interests als

5、 etend t defence and security.Ships f the Ryal Navy have been regular visitrs t Singapre and ur armed frces haveserved tgether n peacekeeping peratins arund the wrld.Underpinning all this is a shared belief in penness and free trade, and a wrld funded njustice, fairness and internatinal law.Mr. Pres

6、ident, yur visit is an pprtunity t celebrate the links between ur tw cuntries,develped ver almst tw centuries.But it is als a chance t highlight cmmn future interests, especially in educatin, researchand innvatin, the building f cultural ties and the deepening f the bnds between urpeple.The places y

7、u will visit during yur stay reflect bth ur cmmn heritage and ur futurepririties.Fr eample, it was Kew Gardens that supplied the first rubber seedlings t be cultivated inthe Singapre Btanic Gardens in the 1870s.And tday Imperial Cllege is helping t train a new generatin f Singaprean dctrs, justne f

8、many imprtant partnerships that it and ther U.K. universities are building withSingapre.I am pleased t nte that, in hnur f yur visit,nwealth Sciety fSingapre is t be re-established; and that the re-funded Sciety will fster new schlarshipst the U.K. fr Singapreans.And n the internatinal stage, thrugh

9、 ur respective membership f the Eurpean Unin andthe Assciatin f Sutheast Asian Natins, and ur cllective membersnwealth, there is the scpe t pursue cmmn values and interests, t ur mutualbenefit.Mr. President, net year Singapre marks an imprtant milestne in its remarkable histry,the 50th anniversary f

10、 independence.It is a pleasure t celebrate that upcming glden anniversary with yu this evening.Lking back at half a century f cperatin, and ahead t new chapters in ur stry, it isclear that ur cuntries remain firm friends.I have n dubt that by maintaining lngstanding cmmitments t penness, fairness andenterprise, t