PURPOSE OF PRIME MINISTER'S TRIP TO IPOH AND CAMERON HIGHLANDS

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 17 April 1962 · 2nd Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 17 April 1962, Vol 17, Issue 8 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Lee Kuan YewLee Siew Choh
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Dr Lee Siew Choh asked the Prime Minister what was the purpose of his latest trip to Ipoh and the Cameron Highlands.

The Prime Minister: Sir, as the Member for Queenstown may have read in the newspapers, I went to Ipoh and the Cameron Highlands for a holiday.

Dr Lee Siew Choh (Queenstown): Since there was also an A.S.A. meeting and since the Prime Minister was there, could the Prime Minister inform us whether his visit had any connection with A.S.A.?

The Prime Minister: Sir, I had the privilege to be in Cameron Highlands a few days before the Federation Prime Minister and his party arrived. For that reason my friends and I had acclimatised ourselves to the Cameron Highlands' climate and the grass there. As a consequence, we won the golf match.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 April 1962. Republished on SGParliament.