During the working visit to Singapore the FIDE President heard the report of the FIDE Vice-President Zurab Azmaiparashvili on the outcome of his inspection tour to Khanty-Mansiysk, where the 39th World Chess Olympiad will start soon. He also met with the President of the Singapore Chess Federation, FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong. At the meeting the issues of development and popularization of chess in Singapore, implementation of "Chess in Schools" programme and the issues in respect of the functioning of ASEAN Chess Academy were discussed in details.