MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY (Cancellation of US visit)
Parliament of Singapore · 29 June 1988 · 6th Parliament
Official Report, 29 June 1988, Vol 51, Issue 8 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
[Mr Speaker in the Chair]
Mr Speaker: Question No. 1 will be asked at 2.00 o'clock this afternoon.
The following question stood in the name of Mr Chiam See Tong -
Mr Chiam See Tong: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry if he will state the reasons for his change of mind in not accompanying the Economic Development Board team to America to canvass for American investments and what he exactly meant when he told the press that "he had other more important things to do".
Dr Aline K. Wong: Question No. 2, Sir.
The Minister for Trade and Industry (BG Lee Hsien Loong): Mr Speaker, Sir, at the time of my scheduled trip, investigations into Mr Hendrickson's activities and his links with Mr Francis Seow had not been completed. The Parliamentary debate on the issue was still in progress. 1DPM asked me to remain in Singapore to help deal with the problem. I did.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 29 June 1988. Republished on SGParliament.