Royal visit to Changi Naval Base

His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister on the Prime Minister’s Workplace visited the Changi Naval Base, Singapore Navy yesterday.

His Royal Highness on arrival on the Singapore Maritime Disaster Centre (SMCC) was greeted by Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Defence and Manpower Zaqy Mohamad; Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Aaron Beng; and Commander Maritime Safety Taskforce Rear Admiral Yong Wei Hsiung.

His Royal Highness was briefed on the ‘Entire of Authorities Maritime Safety Idea’ and ‘Singapore’s Technique for Safeguarding Maritime Safety’, highlighting the significance of figuring out early threats by emphasising data sharing and nearer inter-agency coordination.

His Royal Highness then boarded the RSS Sovereignty Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV), the place His Royal Highness was greeted by Commander of the Second Flotilla Senior Lieutenant Colonel Ricky Low.

The vessel is an asset of the Singapore Navy, specifically designed to satisfy operational necessities, and makes use of the most recent expertise to allow the general operational system to run extra effectively.

On the RSS Sovereignty LMV, His Royal Highness was briefed on the vessel’s background and Singapore’s Maritime Safety (MARSEC) space of operations.

This was adopted with a go to to a number of elements on the vessel such because the Built-in Command Centre in addition to witnessing deterrence operation demonstrations of the Entire of Authorities Strategy involving the Police Coast Guard (PCG); the Singapore Civil Defence Power (SCDF); the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).

Earlier than concluding the go to, His Royal Highness was launched to 3 officers from safety companies of the Authorities of Brunei Darussalam who’re a part of 201 Worldwide Liaison Officers from 26 international locations present process their work placement on the Info Fusion Centre.

The officers on the centre have the chance to study greatest practices from safety companies of Singapore which could be applied of their international locations.

The go to additionally aimed to additional improve defence cooperation in addition to sharing of information within the fields of maritime and regional safety.