FOREIGN MISSIONS (Number established to date)

Mr Chow Chiok Hock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs how many Singapore missions abroad have been established to-date and in which countries.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr S. Rajaratnam): Mr Speaker, Sir, in all, some 12 embassies and missions have been established abroad. They are Australia, Cambodia, Hongkong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Arab Republic, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the United States.