Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday inaugurated the corporate office of Surbana Jurong, a global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm in Guwahati.

It may be noted that Surbana Jurong, a multi-national firm is associated with important project like Guwahati-North Guwahati connecting bridge over the Brahmaputra and others.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Sarma said that setting a corporate office by a global firm like Surbana Jurong is an important incident.

He expressed hope that the corporate office in Guwahati will turn out to be an important centre for the entire North East.

The Chief Minister said that as an offshoot of the Act East Policy propounded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Guwahati has become a nerve centre of trade and business. Therefore, setting up of the corporate office of Surbana Jurong would augur well for the exchange of trade relations between North East and other ASEAN countries.

Sarma also said that the office has given opportunity for several youth of Assam to get employment in the office.

He also expressed hope that in the coming years, other multinational companies will also come forward to set up their business establishments in the state.

High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore to India Simon Wong, Chief Operations Officer Surbana Jurong Uma Maheswaran, Executive Director (India) Surbana Jurong Andrew McKune. Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Samir Kumar Sinha, Secretary to Industry and Commerce Lakshamanan S and host of other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)