Australia and Singapore sign MOU on sports cooperation

Ms Glenys Beauchamp and Ms Yeoh Chee Yan sign the Sports MOU in Singapore

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Joint media release from the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, and Singapore's Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY):

The Government of Singapore and the Federal Government of Australia signed an Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) on sports cooperation on Tuesday 11 June.

Representing the two countries at the signing ceremony were Ms Glenys Beauchamp, Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, and Ms Yeoh Chee Yan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. Ms Beauchamp is here in Singapore for the 3rd Australia-Singapore Public Service Roundtable.

The three-year MOU aims to further promote and develop bilateral cooperation in areas including the competition and the training of athletes, coaches and technical officials; exchange and training programmes for sports officials between the two countries; and the exchange and sharing of best practices and information in relation to policies and programmes to tackle areas such as anti-doping in sports, match-fixing and illegal sports betting.

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