Ex-premier guided Singapore to the world stage, says Liow


Final message: Liow penning his tribute to Lee at the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. With him are (from left) Wanita MCA chief Datuk Heng Seai Kie, Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Menon, MCA treasurer-general Datuk Seri Kuan Peng Soon, vice-president Datuk Lee Chee Leong, deputy president Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, vice-president Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun and deputy secretary-general Datuk Wee Jeck Seng.

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai paid tribute to Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, saying he had brought Singapore to the world stage.

“Remembering a visionary leader, MCA’s friendship with PAP (People’s Action Party) has journeyed more than 60 years when MCA’s founder Tun Tan Cheng Lock along with Malaysia’s first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman attended the inauguration of PAP on Nov 21, 1954.

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