The New Zealand Government is keen to promote further collaboration between New Zealand and Singapore in areas such as scientific research, education and sustainability issues, and at Lincoln University President Nathan will receive a full briefing from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roger
Field, about the institutiońs specialised capabilities.
The President and his party of Ministers, MPs and officials will then visit Lincoln Universitýs state-of-the-art dairy farm where they will view milking in progress and receive an overview of the South Island Dairying Development Centre from its Executive Director Richard Christie.
The visit will also see President Nathan and his wife Urmila Nandey meet Singaporean students studying at Lincoln University. In particular, Lincoln University has a number of Singaporean enrolled in Landscape Architecture.
On completion of his Lincoln University visit, the only visit to a full New Zealand university campus cheduled during his New Zealand tour, the President and his party depart for Wellington, where there is a formal dinner reception at Government House. He leaves New Zealand on Wednesday night.
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