Loong the Goon - not invited.
Zikapore is not important to the Belt & Road Project. Philippines (Duterte), Vietnam (Tran Dai Quang), Malaysia (Ah Jib) and Indonesia (Jokowi), Cambodia (Hun Sen), Laos (Vorachith), and Myanmar (Suu Gyi) are by far more important and honoured at the head table.
As for Thailand, their PM was busy at home BUT he was represented BY FIVE Cabinet Ministers (Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Transportation Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Commerce Apiradi Tantraporn, Minister of Digital for Economy and Society Pichet Durongkaveroj, and Minister of Science and Technology Atchaka Sibunruang)
Financial services will be provided by HongKong and possibly London (UK is better represented and heard).
A team from Malacca and Tanjung Pelepas was there to promote their port and transshipment services for the ASEAN Region.