1988

5月17日，赵朴初在回信给宏船长老中，接受邀请，同意带领一队中国佛教协会团在同年年底赴新加坡访问。

7月18日，中国佛教协会给宏船长老发了一封官方信函，通知长老赵朴初及中国佛教协会六人代表，会在9月份到访新加坡 – 成员包括赵朴初会长、明旸法师、慧原法师、陈邦织、游骧、赵国忱和方定华医生。

8月31日，光明山普觉禅寺和新加坡居士林发送一封有关访问细节，并声明赵朴初和中国佛教协会代表的费用由光明山普觉禅寺和新加坡居士林承担。

9月23 日，应新加坡光明山普觉禅寺住持宏船长老、普觉寺信托委员会、佛教居士林的邀请,赵朴初会长率中国佛教协会代表团(成员有明陽、慧原、陈邦织、游骧、赵国忱、方定华)于1988年 年由北京飞往新加坡,在新访问6天,9月30日返回北京。

代表团在抵达新加坡时，前往机场迎接的有:宏船长老、广洽法师(龙山寺住持,新加坡居士林导师)、常凯法师(新加坡佛教总会会长),何家良(新加坡交通及新闻部高级政务次长)、潘巴厘场(新加坡国防部前高级政务次长)、陈光别(新山加坡佛教居士林林长)及夫人、高德祥(德集团董事主席),等。

27日上午和28日的下午，社会发展部政务部长庄日昆，第二副总理王鼎昌先后会见了赵会长佛教及夫人。陪同会见的有宏船长老、广治法师、陈光别林长以及王久安代表。

In April, Venerable Seck Hong Choon extended an official invitation to Zhao Puchu on behalf of KMSPKS and the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, inviting him to visit to Singapore.

On 17 May, Zhao Puchu accepted the invitation and agreed to lead a team of representatives from the Buddhist Association of China (BAC) and visit Singapore at the end of the year.

On 31 August, KMSPKS and SBL sent an official letter to BAC detailing the visit, including the full coverage of the travel expenses for Zhao Puchu and BAC representatives.

The visit took place on 23 September, with Zhao Puchu and his delegation receiving a warm welcome from Singaporean Buddhist and political leaders, as well as members of KMSPKS during their one-week stay.

On 23 September, Zhao Puchu, as Chairman of Buddhist Association of China and Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, visited Singapore for the first time with a group of BAC representatives. They were cordially received by Singapore Buddhist leaders — Venerable Seck Hong Choon, Venerable Shi Guang Qia, Venerable Shi Chang Kai, and Tan Kong Piat (President of Singapore Buddhist Lodge) — and political leaders — Ho Kah Leong (Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Communications and Information) and Phua Bah Lee (Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Defence). Members of KMSPKS also accorded them a warm welcome during their visit to the monastery. During their one-week visit, Zhao Puchu visited several well-known Buddhist organisations, social welfare institutions, and Buddhist schools in Singapore.

Accompanied by Venerable Seck Hong Choon, Venerable Shi Guang Qia, Tan Kong Piat, and Wang Jiu An, Zhao Puchu met with several Singapore dignitaries including Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong, and Senior Minister of State for Community Development Ch’ng Jit Koon.

Upon the invitation of Venerable Seck Hong Choon, Abbot of KMSPKS, the KMSPKS Board of Trustees, and the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, Chairman Zhao Puchu led a team of representatives from the Buddhist Association of China (comprising Venerable Shi Ming Yang, Venerable Shi Hui Yuan, Chen Bangzhi, You Xiang, Zhao Guochen, and Fang Dinghua) on an official visit to Singapore from Beijing on 23 November 1988, lasting six days from 23 to 30 November 1988.