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Singapore scores a few firsts as host of Asean defence summits
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Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen speaking to the media after the ADMM-Plus on Saturday at Shangri-La Hotel. He acknowledged that even getting the 10 Asean nations on board for the multilateral air code was not a given.
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This year's Asean Defence Ministers' Meeting and its expanded platform, ADMM-Plus, will be remembered for a few firsts.
It is the first annualised ADMM-Plus, which began as a triennial affair in 2010 before becoming biennial.

