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Health concerns postpone Singaporean PM Lee's visit to RI
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Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong being helped his Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen after suddenly feeling unwell during Singapore's National Day Rally on Aug 21. (ST PHOTO/Seah Kwang Peng)
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ingaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to Indonesia this week for the leaders' retreat with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been postponed due to health reasons, an official has said.
"In view of PM Lee Hsien Loong's medical leave, the Indonesia-Singapore Leaders' Retreat has been postponed," a spokesperson from the Singaporean Embassy in Indonesia, Nicholas Lee, told The Jakarta Post on Monday, referring to the prime minister's official visit to Semarang, Central Java, that was scheduled for Aug. 24 to 26.
Officials on both sides were working to find new dates for the retreat, Nicholas added.
On Sunday, the National Day Rally in Singapore had been suspended after Lee was taken ill in the midst of delivering his speech. The Prime Minister had posted on his official Facebook account on Monday that he had gone to the Singapore General Hospital for a thorough checkup where doctors had advised him to rest.
"I’m glad to report that the doctors think I am OK, but they have advised me to rest, so I will be on MC for this week," Lee wrote in his post. An MC refers to a medical certificate or a sick note given by a doctor.
Lee was set to meet with Jokowi in the annual bilateral meeting later this week. The leaders were set to strengthen economic ties, which would have been marked by the inauguration of an industrial area in Kendal, Central Java. Lee and Jokowi were also due to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on tourism. (evi)
