SINGAPORE, May 7 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, visited the Parliament of Singapore today as part of the two-day state visit to the republic.
The sovereign was accompanied by Transport Minister Anthony Loke and Singapore’s Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, as well as the Malaysian delegation.
His Majesty arrived at 11.15am and was welcomed by Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng.
The King also spent about five minutes observing the Parliamentary sitting from the Speaker’s Gallery, which is located within the Parliament Chamber.
Singaporean lawmakers greeted Sultan Ibrahim with their usual Parliamentary convention of thumping their armrests.
Earlier, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister cum Finance Minister Lawrence Wong had an audience with His Majesty at 9am at a hotel here.
The hour-long meeting was held at a significant time as Wong is set to become the nation’s fourth prime minister on May 15, replacing outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Meanwhile, Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, the Queen of Malaysia, visited the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and spent about an hour at the hospital.
Their Majesties, who arrived in the republic yesterday, are scheduled to inspect the progress of the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link (RTS Link) project before returning to Malaysia.
On November 22, 2020, Sultan Ibrahim launched the groundbreaking of the project.
This is His Majesty’s maiden state visit since acceding the Federal throne on January 31, at the invitation of Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
— Bernama
