VISIT OF DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Use of Students to Line Route)

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 4 March 1959 · 1st Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 4 March 1959, Vol 9, Issue 7 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ahmad Bin IbrahimLim Yew Hock

Inche Ahmad Bin Ibrahim asked the Minister for Education how many (i) primary, and (ii) secondary school students were asked to line the route taken by the Duke of Edinburgh from Clifford Pier to Government House on Sunday morning, 22nd February, 1959; and whether his Ministry had obtained the permission of their parents before the students were asked to do so.

Mr Speaker: The Minister appears to be absent.

The Chief Minister (Tun Lim Yew Hock): Sir, I apologise for the late arrival of the Assistant Minister for Education. I thought he was somewhere behind.*

*The Assistant Minister for Education has supplied a Written answer - see cols. 2181-2.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 4 March 1959. Republished on SGParliament.