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1.	13/02/1950	PRESIDENT OF THE SINGAPORE BUDDHIST FEDERATION MR LEE CHOON SENG SPEAKS AT THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FEDERATION AT KIM YAM ROAD, SEEN WITH SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS AND REGISTRAR OF SOCIETIES MR E.C.S. ADKINS
2.	11/04/1965	ALBERT POON MOUNTS HIS NEW-LOOK NUMBER 69 LOTUS 23, NOW SPORTING A "B" SPEC TWIN CAM ENGINE. THIS PARTICULAR CAR HAS BEEN SUBJECT OF A GREAT DEAL OF CONTROVERSY AND RESEARCH OVER ITS EARLY HISTORY. THE CAR HAD ALREADY WON AT JOHORE (1963) AND SINGAPORE (1963). SINGAPOREAN CHONG BOON SENG WOULD ASSUME OWNERSHIP AND RUN IT FROM 1967 ONWARDS. IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PHOTO IS MIKE COOK, IN THE EX-CHAN LYE CHOON'S LOTUS 20B SINGLE-SEATER; BARRY SWANN'S ERA R2A BARELY VISIBLE BEHIND THE LOTUS 20B; CHONG BOON SENG'S LOTUS ELAN BEHIND THE ERA AND LEE HAN SENG'S LOTUS 23B TO THE RIGHT OF ERA. WHILE THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE VINTAGE RACING CAR WAS REACHED IN THE YEARS 1957 AND 1958 WHEN VANWALL PRESENTED ITSELF AS THE LAST FRONT-ENGINED CAR CAPABLE OF DOMINATING A GRAND PRIX SEASON, THE LOTUS 23 WOULD REACH IT ZENITH AT THE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX OF 1965 BEFORE THE REAR ENGINE SINGLE-SEATER DISPLACED EVERYTHING BEFORE IT.
3.	09/06/1972	AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER (PM) WILLIAM MCMAHON (SECOND LEFT) ATTENDING A FORMAL SESSION HELD AT THE ISTANA. THE AUSTRALIAN PM IS IN SINGAPORE FOR TOP LEVEL CONSULTATIONS ON BILATERAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS. HEADING THE SINGAPORE DELEGATION IS PM LEE KUAN YEW (SECOND RIGHT). FROM TOP RIGHT IS DEPUTY SECRETARY (POLITICAL) AT MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TAN BOON SENG AND MINISTER FOR FINANCE HON SUI SEN. ON PM LEE'S LEFT ARE SINGAPORE'S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO AUSTRALIA A P RAJAH AND LOW CHOON MING, IN-CHARGE OF COMMONWEALTH DESK AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THE AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION ARE REPRESENTED BY, FROM TOP LEFT J D M DOUBLE, ASSISTANT MINISTER AND ASSISTANT TO THE PM, SIR ARTHUR TANGE, SECRETARY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE AND N F PARKINSON, AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO SINGAPORE (BOTTOM LEFT) (DESCRIPTION BY EVENT PROVIDED BY TRANSFERRING AGENCY)
4.	01/07/1991	GROUP PHOTO TAKEN DURING THE STATE VISIT BY PRESIDENT WEE KIM WEE TO INDONESIA. FROM LEFT : PEK CHOON SENG (PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY OFFICER), CAPTAIN (CPT) ALFRED GOH (AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE PRESIDENT), MS MOK SUAY KHENG (PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY OFFICER) AND MRS TEE TEOW LEE (PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE FIRST LADY)
5.	03/09/1999	MINISTER FOR EDUCATION & 2ND MINISTER FOR DEFENCE RADM TEO CHEE HEAN AS GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE 1999 SPEAK MANDARIN CAMPAIGN AT SUNTEC CITY AUDITORIUM	Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence Rear Admiral Teo Chee Hean, Minister for Trade and Industry and Second Minister for Finance Lee Yock Suan, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Information and the Arts Yatiman Yusof, Member of Parliament, Braddell Heights Goh Choon Kang, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education Tang Guan Seng, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education Peter Chen, Chairman, Promote Mandarin Council Professor Wee Chow Hou attending launch of 1999 Speak Mandarin Campaign at Suntec City Auditorium.