Visakhapatnam July 3: The human resources minister of Singapore, Mr Gan Kim Yang, and a team of officials visited city on Thursday. The city mayor, Mr Pulusu Janardhana Rao, called on the minister at a local hotel here and held talks on various schemes and projects taken up by either governments. Mr Janardhana Rao enquired on various civic schemes being implemented in Singapore and also explained to him on the implementation of various welfare schemes, particularly, the reconstruction programme being taken up under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission funds. He also explained to the Singapore minister on the drinking water supply, underground drainage system, BRTS and the slum improvement programme. Mr Yang told the mayor that he was leading a business delegation and exploring investment opportunities in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. He said that the city had more potentiality than Hyderabad. Mr Yang also explained the Mayor on the water recycling system and solid waste management in Singapore. He said Singapore was built in an area of 600 square kilometres and has a population of 4.5 million of which one million were immigrants. The official languages were English, Chinese, Tamil and Malayalam. The team visited Gangavaram Port, pharma city and Visakhapatnam Port.