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THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE TRANSCRIPT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN, MALAYSIAN AND - SINGAPOREAN PRIME MINISTERS AFTER THEIR MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR ON 18 JUNE.
BEGINS:
QUESTION:
PRIME MINISTER, WAS THE MATTER OF ASEAN CONCERN ABOUT AUSTRALIA'S PROPOSED CHEAPER AIR FARES AND PLANNED AGREEMENTS BETWEEN QANTAS AND BRITISH AIRWAYS DISCUSSED?
MR FRASER:
NO, THIS WAS NOT DISCUSSED.
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AT THIS POINT COULD I ASK MR LEE'S VIEWS ON THAT PERHAPS HOW HE THINKS THIS WOULD AFFECT THE SINGAPORE TOURIST INDUSTRY?
MR LEE:
I THINK IT WILL AFFECT THE WHOLE PEGION'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPED WORLD. IF THE DEVELOPED WOOLD CHOSES TO BYPASS THE UNDEVELOPED PARTS OF THE WORLD I CAN ONLY SEN IT ACCENTIATING THE DIVIDE. IT IS HUM NATURE TO RE COLE LIGHT EMAD EUT I WOULD
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