QUOTATIONS FROM RADIO TRANSCRIPTS ON MERGER

The Prime Minister (Mr Lee Kuan Yew): I thought this would be the most convenient time, Mr Speaker, Sir, It is nothing of public import. It concerns the inaccuracy of the statement which I made yesterday when I quoted the Member for Anson from the transcript of Radio Singapore. He is reported from the transcript to have said:

'And I want to put this to you which you have forgotten: that they say to you that they will put the alternative. Do you want the P.A.P. proposals or do you want complete merger. I say to you that I am prepared, since the journalists are present, to donate $1,000 to the National Union of Journalists if in fact the alternatives are put in that way and not in an alleged complete merger in accordance with Penang and Malacca. And let me show you what the P.A.P....'.

In a subsequent statement he made - something different, Mr Speaker, Sir - he made an alteration. This is subsequent to what he said. However, for the delectation of those Members who are interested, the tape recorder will be in the Library at 5 o'clock for their entertainment during the tea break.

Mr Speaker: Any question?

Mr David Marshall (Anson): No, Sir.