Defence Calls Held in Conjunction with Singapore Airshow 2008 19 Feb 2008 After the opening ceremony of the inaugural Singapore Airshow today, Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean hosted lunch for ministerial guests and senior defence officials and subsequently met with the following: Commander of the United States Pacific Air Forces GEN Carrol Chandler; the Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Pehin Datu Lailaraja MG Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohammad Yussof, who was accompanied by the Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force BG Dato Paduka Haji Mahmud bin Haji Saidi; the Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces GEN Boonsrang Niumpradit, who was accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy ADM Satirapan Keyanon; and the Secretary-General of the Malaysian Ministry of Defence Dato' Abu Bakar bin Haji Abdullah and Malaysian Chief of Defence Force GEN Tan Sri Haji Abdul Aziz bin Haji Zainal, who were accompanied by Malaysian Chief of Army GEN Tan Sri Datuk Muhammad Ismail bin Haji Jamaluddin. Yesterday, Minister Teo also met with the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force AM Subandrio; the French Chief of Air Force Staff GEN Stephane Abrial, who was accompanied by Under Secretary of Defence for Policy Michel Miraillet; Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama of Sri Lanka; and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence GEN Tea Banh of Cambodia, who was accompanied by Secretary of State for National Defence GEN Moeung Samphan. Minister Teo also hosted an official dinner for His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Assistant Minister of Defence and Aviation, and Inspector-General for Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, prior to the commencement of the Singapore Airshow. In addition, Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen met today with Malaysian Chief of Army GEN Tan Sri Datuk Ismail Jamaluddin; the Commander 1 of the United Arab Emirates Air Force MG Mohammed bin Swaidan Saeed Al Qamzi; the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army LG Tran Quang Khue; Director-General of the Air Force Department of the Lao People's Army COL Khamphone Sivixay; the Commander of the Royal Bahraini Air Force BG Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa; and the Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force LG Pedrito S. Cadungog. Yesterday, Minister Ng also met with the Director of the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency Dr Anthony Tether. 2 .