SINGAPORE, May 23 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor paid their last respects Sunday to Singapore's former Deputy Prime Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee at Parliament House.
Goh, one of the founding fathers of the island republic, died on May 14 after a long illness. He was 91.
Najib and Rosmah had arrived here last night for a two-day visit to the city-state.
Najib will meet Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a welcome dinner on Sentosa Island Sunday night and attend a leaders' retreat at the Shangri-La Hotel Monday.
Goh, a peranakan who was born in Melaka on Oct 6, 1918, retired as deputy prime minister in December 1984 due to personal reasons.
The "economic architect" of Singapore contributed greatly to shaping Singapore into a prosperous nation as the first finance minister in 1959 and later as the defence minister of an independent Singapore.
Goh was the son of a rich Melakan family.
His father, Goh Leng Inn, was a manager of a rubber plantation. His mother was from the family that produced the famous Malaysian politicians, Tun Tan Cheng Lock and his son Tun Tan Siew Sin.
After lying in state at Parliament House since Friday, the body of the late Goh will be brought to the Singapore Conference Hall nearby in a procession for a state funeral service Sunday.
Goh, one of the founding fathers of the island republic, died on May 14 after a long illness. He was 91.
Najib and Rosmah had arrived here last night for a two-day visit to the city-state.
Najib will meet Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a welcome dinner on Sentosa Island Sunday night and attend a leaders' retreat at the Shangri-La Hotel Monday.
Goh, a peranakan who was born in Melaka on Oct 6, 1918, retired as deputy prime minister in December 1984 due to personal reasons.
The "economic architect" of Singapore contributed greatly to shaping Singapore into a prosperous nation as the first finance minister in 1959 and later as the defence minister of an independent Singapore.
Goh was the son of a rich Melakan family.
His father, Goh Leng Inn, was a manager of a rubber plantation. His mother was from the family that produced the famous Malaysian politicians, Tun Tan Cheng Lock and his son Tun Tan Siew Sin.
After lying in state at Parliament House since Friday, the body of the late Goh will be brought to the Singapore Conference Hall nearby in a procession for a state funeral service Sunday.
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