[originaltext] President Bush is visiting Singapore on a Southeast Asia tour t

President Bush is visiting Singapore on a Southeast Asia tour that includes a trip to Vietnam for a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders. Mr. Bush met today with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Acting President J. Y. Pillay at Singapore’s government headquarters.
  President Bush and his wife Laura also visited a museum of Asian civilizations, where they were treated to a performance of Asian fusion music. Singaporean school children also performed dances representing the island state’s diverse cultures.
  Mr. Bush is to give a speech in Singapore later today, the U.S. officials say who will set the agenda for his Asia tour. He is expected to talk about how the United States and Asian nations can work together to fight poverty, disease, terrorism and create energy security.
  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Asia-Pacific nations must confront terrorism and other security threats if they want to maintain economic prosperity. Secretary Rice discusses the issue today with the regional foreign ministers at the APEC Forum in Hanoi.
She says the prosperity of the region is closely tied to combating threats such as terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the spread of pandemic disease.