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from J. Dagson
Outline for Speech to Australian Parliament
1. Introductory formalities
2. We share ancient traditions, common ancestors and language,
respect for the rule of law. We have a dynamic friendship today.
We share a commitment to work together for peace, prosperity and
security in the future.
This building in Canberra is home to one of the few
extant original copies of the Magna Carta.
Washington's National Archives has one of the other
copies.
Anecdote about 18th century Australian-American
exchange if appropriate.
3. We each developed frontier territories and became great
trading and seafaring nations in the 19th century.
Anecdote from 19th century if appropriate -- perhaps a
story about Mark Twain's visit to Australia.
4. During the 20th century Australians and Americans fought side
by side for freedom and democracy WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam,
Persian Gulf.
5. Today we remain strong partners in trade, security and
culture.
Trade issues: bilateral, APEC, GATT -- including
assurance that NAFTA is consistent with GATT and would
be beneficial to the Pacific Rim.
Security issues: Attaboys for our allies. Attaboy for
Australia's good works on Cambodia, in chemical and
missile tech arms control, etc. Promise to keep US
engaged in Pacific security.
Cultural issues: End on a high note of our common
concerns for carrying on as healthy societies in the
next century. There is some affinity with America
2000; for example, Australia has had educational
choice for years. I'm getting Lamar ("Crocodile")
Alexander's book Six Months Off and will look for a
good closing, upbeat, forward-looking anecdote about
his six months in Australia.
Throughout the speech I'll look for ways to keep the message
palatable to the American audience at home. I.e. not get too
deep into globaloney.
December 12, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
SINGAPORE LECTURE SERIES
The event will be held at the Westin-Stamford Hotel in the Raffles
Ballroom. The Westin-Stamford is across the street from the
Raffles Hotel (where POTUS has other event). Approximately 2,000-
2,500 people are expected to attend -- American and Singaporean
business leaders, academics, and government officials.
Sr. Minister of the Lecture Series (put on by the Institute for
Southeast Asian Affairs -- its 10th year of the series) is Lee Kuan
Yew, former Prime Minister. [Lee is a good friend of the Pres and
First Lady; he visited here in January.] Lee is the George
Washington of Singapore. He is very well thought of by
Singaporeans and people in the Southeast Asia region. He was
elected in 1959. Considered a visionary leader, Lee brought
independence to his country and took Singapore from a developing
country to a developed one. His leadership is considered a
spectacular economic success story. He stepped down in 1990 and
his protege, Goh Chok Tong, took over.
Lee also remains very outspoken for a U.S. presence in Singapore.
He favors a U.S. security umbrella -- contending that it provided
stability and security thus allowing Singapore to prosper under a
favorable security climate.
Per DCM Arthur Kobler: the mood of the audience will be very
favorable toward POTUS. He is very well respected. However, their
concern lies in a U.S. commitment and ability to maintain a
presence in wake of the Cold War end. The fear is that, given our
weak economy, if U.S. businesses do not remain competitive, another
superpower could overtake their markets. They'd prefer a balance
rather than a deluge of Japanese interests.
Kobler suggests: do not drown them in statistical reports, but in
language that is foremost encouraging and comforting -- and that
offers a sense of vision for the future of the region, not just
Singapore.
Acknowledgements to date include: Lee Kuan Yew; Prime Minister
Goh Chok Tong; Deputy Prime Minister Br. General Lee Hsien Long
(Lee's son); and Director of the Institute K.S. Sandhu
I've included the following: Draft remarks from State; trade info
from USTR; color material; general info on Singapore --
demographics, gov't, etc. (I should receive additional info from
State [bios, speech excerpts, etc.] later today.)
US and Asia Statistical Handbook, 1990
Unemployment 2.0%
Land AreaL 239 sq. miles
Cultivated land area: 9%
Resources: None
Major ag products: hogs, poultry, orchids, vegetables
Major imports: capital equipment, manufactured goods, transport
equipment, consumer goods
Major exports: machinery, manufactured goods, transport equip.,
refined petroleum, rubber, electronics.
GDP: 1989 -- 24 billion dollars
1989 Singaporean direct investment in the US: US$ 1,216,000,000
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STATE/EAP/P
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Bio
(1989)
ROBERT D. ORR
UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
experience to his new assignment.
brings a lifetime of state government, business and military 71,
As the new Ambassador to Singapore, Robert D. Фгг,
(1981-89), Orr gave heavy emphasis in that role to education
Serving most recently as Governor of Indiana for two terms
reform, economic development and international trade. As
Governor he led ten successful trade and investment missions to
East Asia, Europe and Latin America. He placed the heaviest
and Taiwan.
emphasis on the Pacific Basin countries of Japan, China, Korea
Governor, which in Indiana includes full-time economic
In 1972 and again in 1976, Orr was selected Lieutenant
development leadership as director of the State Department
Commerce. His responsibilities led to extensive travel in South of
business community in export roles.
America, Europe and the Middle East, assisting the Indiana
Ambassador Orr combined a successful career as a business
For twenty-five years from the end of World War II,
executive with a strong avocational interest in politics. He
held a number of positions in business, served as Republican
County Chairman, and was elected to a term as State Senator. At
the time Orr left private life to enter public service full
-time, of he was Chairman of Indian Industries, Inc., manufacturers
of directors.
recreational products, and served on several corporate boards
In 1954, Orr took temporary leave of his business career to
Operations Administration (FOA, now USAID) mission in Indochina.
lead a small team of people to Vietnam to evaluate the Foreign
Orr has the unusual additional business experience while
Governor of of Indiana serving six years as a member of the board
by appointment of President Reagan.
directors of the National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak),
Two of Ambassador Ori's close governmental associates
Vice President Dan Quayle and Senator Richard Lugar, both are of
whose political careers serving the State of Indiana have
paralled his own. The Vice President officiated on June
Singapore. 1989, at the ceremony when Orr was sworn in as the Ambassador 29, to
12/12/91
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World Harvard Business School prior to entering military service in
A graduate of Yale University in 1940, Orr also attended the
advanced War II in early 1942. During the next four
service from private to major in the U.S. Army with years he
Merit Philippines, medal. Okinawa and Japan. He was awarded the Legion Guinea, of
throughout the Pacific: Aleutian Islands, New overseas
During his time as Governor, Ambassador Orr served
member ciation of the Executive Committee of the National Governors' as a Asso-
and and as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association
of the Midwest Governors' Conference.
military aircraft in the Women's Airforce Service Pilot of
Mrs. Orr, whose name is Josie, served as a ferry pilot
arts, having served as a member of the Indiana State Arts
group during World War II. She is a longtime supporter flying of the
and Commission, a director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra,
trustee of Kenmore Association, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
married, golf and and tennis. five grandsons. The Ambassador greatly enjoys all both
Ambassador and Mrs. Orr have a son and twin daughters,
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SUBJECT: VISIT OF PRESIDENT BUSH: LOCAL COLOR FOR SPEECH
1. FOLLOWING IS OFFERED AS LOCAL COLOR FOR
CONSIDERATION SINGAPORE: FOR INCLUSION IN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH IN
-- AMERICA'S BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH SINGAPORE GOES
BACK TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF YOUR COUNTRY, AND MINE.
-- THE FIRST AMERICAN CONSUL IN SINGAPORE CAME TO THIS
AREA IN 1834. BY WAS JOSEPH BALESTIER HE WAS
DAUGHTER OF REVERE ONE OF THE HEROES OF THE
ACCOMPANTED PY HI SPOUSE. MARIA REVERE BACESTION
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
-- MR. BALESTIER FIRST ESTABLISHED HIS OFFICE IN
BINTAN. YOU MIGHT CALL HIM ONE OF THE FARLIEST
ADHERENTS OF THE GROWTH TRIANGLE. HOWEVER, HE MOVED
TO SINGAPORE AND BECAME U.S. CONSUL IN 1837, BEGINNING A
DIPLOMATIC COMMUTION THAT HAS CONTINUED SUBSTANTIALLI
OVER The PAST 154 EARS.
-- INTERESTINGLY, A BALESTIER HISTORIAN TELLS US THAT
IT WAS THE CONSUL'S JOR, FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO LOOK
AFTER AMERICA'S TRADING INTERESTS. IN THAT BALESTIER
ORR, DOES.
SAW HIS JOB VERY MUCH AS OUR PRESENT AMBASSADOR, BOB
-- ALONG WITH OTHER SINGAPORE PUSINESSMEN. BALESTIER
ALSO LEARNED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TRADE BARRIERS ARE
FRECTED. IN ADDITION TO HIS TRADING BUSINESS, HE BEGAN
A SUGAR PLANTATION ON WHAT IS NOW BALESTIER ROAD.
HOWEVER, THE BUDDING SUGAR INDUSTRY IN SINGAPORE WAS
KILLED, BALESTIER'S HISTORIAN TELLS US, BECAUSE
SINGAPORE WAS DENIED THE PRIVILEGE ACCORDED TO PROVINCE
HOME MARKETS AT A REDUCED DUTY.
WELLESLEY OF HAVING HER SUGAR AND RUM IMPORTED INTO THE
--- MODERN INTADORE'S DEDICATION TO FREE TRADE SEEMS
WELL-FOUNDED IN HER HISTORY.
-- I AS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE BALESTIERS ARE
BELL CAST IN THE REVERE WORKS IN
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BOSTON, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE ORIGINAL CHURCH OF
ST. ANDREW BY MARIA REVERE BALESTIER. AS YOU KNOW, THAT
BELL NOW IS IN SINGAPORE'S NATIONAL MUSEUM.
3. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT'S ODYSSEY
WILL END WITH PEARL HARBOR COMMEMORATIONS, HE MAY WISH
ALSO 50 YEARS AGO:
TO TAKE A MINUTE TO REMEMBER EVENTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,
-- ON SATURDAY I WILL BE AT PEARL HARBOR IN HAWAII TO
COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JAPANESE ATTACK
ON OUR FORCES THERE. MORE THAN 2,400 AMERICANS WERE
DEAD OR MISSING AFTER THAT ATTACK. WE WILL REMEMBER
THEM. WE WILL HONOR THEM.
-- WE ALSO REMEMBER THAT ON THAT SAME DAY, BUT ON THIS
SIDE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE, THE WAR BEGAN FOR
THE PHILIPPINES, FOR THAILAND, FOR MALAYSIA AND
SINGAPORE. BOMBERS APPEARED OVER CLARK FIELD AND OVER
SINGAPORE. GROUND TROOPS LANDED AT SONGKHIA AND PATTANI
( THAILAND) AND AT KOTA BAHARU (MALAYA). FRENCH
INDOCHINA ALREADY WAS OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE AND EARLY
IN 1942, BURMA AND INDONESIA (THEN THE DUTCH EAST
INDIES) ALSO CAME UNDER ATTACK. BY MID-1942, THE REGION
WAS UNDER JAPANESE OCCUPATION, A SITUATION THAT WOULD
CONTINUE UNTIL THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED IN 1945,
-- WE IN AMERICA REMEMBER WITH YOU IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
WE REMEMBER TO HONOR THOSE IN UNIFORM AND THOSE
WAR THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS WHO SUFFERED AND WHO DIED IN THIS
NOT IN PITTERNESS. BUT IN SORROW. NOT IN DESPAIR
THAT SUCH A THING COULD HAPPEN, BUT IN HOPE THAT IN THE
HALF CENTURY SINCE THOSE ATTACKS WE SEEM TO HAVE FOUND A
BETTER WAY.
-- (NOTE: TN SINGAPORE IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
CIVILIANS WFO ENDURED THE OCCUPATION -- THOSE WHO DIED
AND THOSE WHO SUFFERED AND SURVIVED.)
4. THE "GROWTH TRIANGLE" IS A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT
INCLUDES SINGAPORE, THE RIAU PROVINCE OF INDONESIA AND
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BENEFIT OF ALL THREE COUNTRIES. BINTAN ISLAND IS ONE OF
THE RIAU PROVINCE ISLANDS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
5. THE DATE FOR THE JAPANESE ATTACKS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
IS DECEMBER 8. THE ATTACKS STARTED A FEW HOURS AFTER
THE DATE IS ONE DAY LATER.
PEARL HARBOR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE,
6. THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE EMBASSY.
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Nat'l. Antherus of the World
SINGAPORE
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Majulah Singapura
Words and music by
ZUBIR SAID (b. 1907)
(d = 116)
Arr. by HENRY COLEMAN
*
Ma-ri ki - ta ra' - yat Si-nga-pu- -
1 Le-one.
- ra sa - ma sa - ma me - nu - ju ba -ha-gi - a.
Chi- ta chi- -
- ta ki - ta yang mu-li-a - a
Ber-ja-ya Si-nga-pu - ra!
For Royal Salute play from * to *
3 First June, performed 1959, it was September, 1958. It became very popular and when the country became self
Assembly on 30 November, decided 1959. to make it the National Anthem. It was officially adopted as such by the governing Legislative on
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Nat l Anthem
Words by
PANAPAS
Ma-ri-lah ki- - ta ber - sa - tu,
MATILA
De ngan se - ma. - ngat yang ba - -
- ru.
Se-mu Se - - - a ki- - ta ber - se - ru
Ma-ju-lah_ Si-nga-pu-
and
1.
2.
- ra,
Ma-ju-lah Si-nga-pu - ra!
Ma-ri- - ra!
an
Good
Free Translation
Forgeesh
Let us, the people of Singapore, together march
Is
forward towards happiness. Our noble aspiration
is to see Singapore achieve success.
Let us unite in a new spirit. We all pray:
"May Singapore Progress", "May Singapore Progress".
Chosen as t
COLOR
Joke material would work best if centered on universal themes --
family, for example (Barbara, children).
This Chinese Year is ending -- the year of the ram. The next
Chines New Year, coming up on Feb. 4, is the year of the monkey.
The end of the lunar year in Singapore is considered a time to
settle all debts, settle all scores. Everyone starts out the new
year being very friendly to one another.
Christmas is celebrated here. Santa Claus is everywhere on the
streets and in the shops, encouraging consumers to spend.
Singapore is a spotlessly clean -- some say sterile -- modern
metropolis, surrounded by green, groomed parks and populated by
2.7 million extremely polite, well-mannered people.
Confucian sayings:
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
"To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge."
Singapore is the smallest nation in Southeast Asia.
Singapore's modern history begins with an Englishman, Sir Thomas
Stamford Raffles. In 1819, Raffles acquired the island from the
Malay Sultan of Johor on behalf of the British East India Company.
With extraordinary foresight, he laid the foundations for a great
modern city, envisaging the transformation of a tiny fishing
village into a free-trade emporium that would have global
importance.
While we honor the returning heroes of Desert Storm, we
should remember also courage and commitment of our men in
Korea -- whose courage and commitment often go
unacknowledged. POTUS should recognize the difficulty of a
one year unaccompanied tour; Camp Casey is what is commonly
referred to as a "hardship post.'
CONTACTS: --AmEmbSeoul, 82-2-732-2106
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1)
Koreans, I'm told, like the Japanese, would have trouble
knowing how to respond to a joke by POTUS. One way,
however, to break the ice and establish rapport, would be to
mention family -- his family, the American family, family
values, whatever.
2)
POTUS was here in '89, and also in '82 as vice president.
SINGAPORE
POLICY THEMES
Singapore is the only ASEAN country we'll visit -- therefore
we'll want to touch on issues common to those countries. (ASEAN
is made up of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and the
Phillippines.) Singapore is our strongest ally in the region.
Singaporeans welcome us as a balance to Japanese investment.
They have a longstanding fear that Japan eyes them with military
interest.
We'll want to talk about South East Asia and Cambodia,
setting the stage for future dealings with Viet Nam. Instability
in the region: Thailand just had a coup, Burma has a
dictatorship. Cambodia, however, is soon to have UN sanctioned
elections. Ultimately, we'll want to resolve the POW/MIA
question -- an issue some unscrupulous people in the are have
exploited for profit. Resolution will require that Viet Nam be
completely open so we can scrutinize all the records. Until we
get to the bottom of POW/MIA, we can't really say that Viet Nam
is truly over.
I believe there are also some human rights concerns in
Singapore itself.
POTUS SCHEDULE
MONDAY:
--AF1 to Singapore
TUESDAY:
--Breakfast meeting at Raffles with U.S. ambassadors to
ASEAN countries, no formal remarks
--Arrival ceremony at Istana Palace
POTUS makes courtesy call on President and Mrs. Wee
Kim Wee at the Istana Palace
-meeting with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, then
expanded bilaterals
--15 min. speech at lecture series to the
Singapore/American Business community, held in Westin
Hotel (Security and Trade: U.S. engagement in the
region; importance of working together towards the
future)
Business Roundtable meeting at Hewlett-Packard, no
formal remarks
-groundbreaking ceremony for new American Chancery,
embassy greetings type remarks
courtesy call on Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
State Dinner at Istana Palace hosted by President Wee
Kim Wee, after dinner toast
WEDNESDAY:
view static display at Changi airport
AF1 to Australia
SITES
1)
Raffles Hotel (just FYI, no formal remarks planned at this
point). Wrote Rudyard Kipling, "Feed at Raffles when
visiting Singapore." Established in 1887, the hotel
symbolizes the exotic charm and colonial nostalgia often
associated with the area. The hotel was named after Sir
Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore in 1819.
Celebs who added their aura to Raffles': Joseph Conrad,
Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Somerset Maugham, Nowel
Coward, and sundry sultans, kings, and politicians. Raffles
embodied colonial high life: tea-dances, Charleston, jazz
bands, and billiards. Raffles is the birthplace of the
Singapore Sling. In 1902, the last tiger to be shot in
Singapore was pursued in Raffles, and finally dispatched
under the Bar & Billiard Room.
The hotel was declared a protected monument in 1987.
2)
Westin Hotel: the hotel is supposedly the tallest hotel in
the world. The lecture series in which the President takes
part is designed to give political, academic, and financial
eminentoes the opportunity to visit Singapore and mouth off.
Singapore gets to bask in their wisdom.
The series, inaugurated in 1980, is organized by the
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Previous speakers
include Henry Kissinger, Milton Friedman, Brian Mulroney,
Raymond Barre, and Giscard D'Estang. 1,500-2,000 will
attend speech.
3)
Groundbreaking ceremony for new American Chancery: this
event will basically take the place of Embassy
Greetings/American community remarks. Projected completion
for new embassy is 1995-6. 150-200 embassy staff, loads of
Singaporean schoolchildren. 2,000 guests in all. Site is
basically just a hill. Use your imagination. Building
metaphors applied to broader scope of U.S.-Singapore
relations might be appropriate.
The U.S. Ambassador in Singapore is Robert Orr. DCM is
Arthur Kobler.
4)
Istana Palace: previously called Government House, the
Istana was built in 1869 to house the British Governor of
Singapore. The grounds had been the nutmeg estate of
Charles Robert Princep. A statue of Queen Victoria was
installed in the drawing room to mark her jubilee in 1889.
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh stayed there in
February 1972. The edifice itself looks like a cross
between a mini-Versailles and a southern plantation.
Adorning the entry foyer are a matching set of tusks
presented by the Sultan of Singapore to the British
government.
The staff of the President, the Cabinet Office, and a
section of the Prime Minister's office work at the Istana.
CONTACTS: --DCM, AmEmbSingapore, Arthur Kobler, 338-0251, ext.
217
--USIS, Dennis Donahue, 244-5233
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1)
Singapore is a country of many races, languages and
cultures. The population is made up of Chinese, Malays,
Indians and Eurasians. Harmonious multiculturalism. One
often hears the phrase, "many races, one people." Maybe we
can make some "E Pluribus Unum" connection.
2)
The first American consul in Singapore, Joseph Balestier,
came to the area in 1834 and took up his post in 1837 --
inaugurating 154 years of diplomatic relations. His wife,
Maria Revere Balestier, was the daughter of Paul Revere.
Balestier's memory lives on in a bell, now in
Singapore's National Museum, cast in Boston's Revere Works.
Mrs. Balestier, presented the bell to the original Church of
St. Andrew.
3)
American Embassy Singapore suggests a Pearl Harbor footnote
to our Singapore stop: POTUS will be at Pearl Harbor on
Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese
attack, and honoring the resultant 2,400 Americans dead or
missing. We might also remember that on the same day, but
on Singapore's side of the international dateline, the war
began for the Philippines, for Thailand, for Malaysia, and
for Singapore. Bombers appeared over Clark Field and over
Singapore. Ground troops landed at Songkhla and Pattani
(Thailand) and at Kota Baharu (Malaya). Singapore did not
then have an army (British and Australian forces were
there) i Singaporeans who were either killed or injured where
civilians.
4) Singaporean suffrage is universal and compulsory.
5) Orchids are a major Singaporean product (and they're
beautiful)
6) While there is no compulsory education in Singapore,
attendance is 94% and the literacy rate is over 87%.
7)
POTUS and FLOTUS visited Singapore when Bush was VIce
President.
8) When the President called Orr to offer him the ambassadorship,
one of his selling points was to tell the future ambassador
how comfy the Residence is. (Orr was previously Governor of
Indiana).
9) Quayle was here on May 22.
10) The origin of the name "Singapore" comes from the 13th
century's appellation of "Singapura," meaning "Lion CIty. "
ISTANA NEGARA
(National Palace)
The Istana Negara (formerly Government House) was built in
1869 to house the British Governor of Singapore. The grounds
had been the nutmeg estate of Charles Robert Princep, with an
estimated 6,700 trees in 1848. It was renamed and converted to
the official residence of the President of Singapore at
independence in 1959.
Gov. Sir Harry George Ord came to Singapore in 1867 after
the administration of the Straits Settlements (Singapore,
Malacca and Penang) was transferred from India to direct
control of the Crown. Lady Ord laid the foundation stone for
their new residence in July 1867. It was built primarily with
convict labor and was criticized at the time as an unnecessary
extravagance. The building was completed in time for the visit
of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1869. Total cost of land,
construction and furnishings (brought from England) was $43,800.
A statue of Queen Victoria was installed in the drawing
room to mark her jubilee in 1889. The gun in front is a
Japanes 105 mm captured in Burma in 1945 and presented in 1946
by Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander for
Southeast Asia.
Since 1959, the Istana has been used only for official
functions and VIP guests of state. Queen Elizabeth II and the
Duke of Edinburgh stayed there in February 1972. The
President, the Prime Minister and the Senior Minister (Lee Kuan
Yew) have their offices in the Istana.
From "Singapore Then and Now, by Ray Tyers, 1973.
THE ISTANA
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The Istana, previously known as Government House, was designed and
built by a British colonial engineer, Maj. J.F.A. Nair. The foundation
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stone was laid in July 1867, and the building was completed in 1869.
It became the official residence of governors appointed under the British
colonial office. Fifteen governors were appointed under this an ige-
ment, until the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942. Following the
Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945, Government House was again
occupied by colonial governors.
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In 1959, the name of Government House was changed to "Istana Negara
(National Palace)." It is now known as the "Istana."
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The staff of the President, the Cabinet Office and a section of the Prime
Minister's office work at the Istana. The President and his staff work in
the main building. The Prime Minister and his staff, including Cabinet
Office staff, occupy the Annex.