SINGAPORE: LEE HSIEN LOONG SON OF MODERN SINGAPORE'S FOUNDER LEE KUAN YEW PREPARES TO TAKE OVER AS PRIME MINISTER

Record ID: 955614

  • Title: SINGAPORE: LEE HSIEN LOONG SON OF MODERN SINGAPORE'S FOUNDER LEE KUAN YEW PREPARES TO TAKE OVER AS PRIME MINISTER
  • Date: 18th July 2004
  • Summary: (W4) SINGAPORE (FILE - 2004) (REUTERS) 1. MV SINGAPORE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG, DUE TO TAKE OVER AS PRIME MINISTER, MEETING SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT ROH MOO-HYUN (3 SHOTS) 0.24 2. MV LEE AT 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY OF HIS FATHER LEE KUAN YEW, FOUNDER OF MODERN SINGAPORE; SCU LEE KUAN YEW SEATED; SLV LEE FAMILY, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ON STAGE WITH BIRTHDAY CAKE (6 SHOTS) 1.06 (W4) SINGAPORE (FILE - 1996) (MEDIACORP - NO ACCESS SINGAPORE) 3. SLV /MV LEE ADDRESSING PARLIAMENT/ DEPUTIES LISTENING (4 SHOTS) 1.32 (W4) SINGAPORE (FILE - 2003) (REUTERS) 4. SLV/MV SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG MEETING WITH U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH 1.46 (W4) SINGAPORE (JULY 18, 2004) (CHANNEL I NEWS - NO ACCESS SINGAPORE) 5. MV GOH WALKING WITH OFFICIALS; SLV REPORTERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE 1.55 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GOH SAYING "He (Lee Hsien loong) has asked me to stay back in cabinet. So I told him, if I have a role to play, I'll stay back, otherwise I'm quite happy to leave cabinet and be a backbencher. He told me there'll be a role for me to play. so let, it's part of the role in his cabinet announcement." 2.10 7. REPORTERS 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GOH SAYING: "I'm very happy that I've come to this stage where I could relinquish my position, knowing that Singapore will be in very good hands. That's more than I can ask for. Right, thank you." 9. GOH LEAVING 2.34 (W4) SINGAPORE (FILE) (REUTERS) 10. SLV BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS; SLV PEOPLE WALKING 2.47 11. SLV EXTERIOR OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE (3 SHOTS) 3.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SINGAPORE
  • Country: Singapore
  • Reuters ID: LVA8X4133K02MLEWYMRX5I0FMJJ9
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