Frigate for Singapore?
Wellington reporter
The Government is seriously considering basing a ’frigate at Singapore, alternating with Australia. The Minister of Defence, Mr O’Flynn, told Parliament yesterday that this had been proposed during the recent visit here of his Australian
counterpart, Mr Kim Beazley.
He said Australia had invited New Zealand to join in providing shore facilities and stationing one of its frigates at Singapore. “That is under the closest possible consideration by this Government. It is an excellent idea,” said Mr O’Flynn.
During his visit, Mr Beazley declined to comment on New Zealand’s plans to remove its Army battalion from Singapore by 1989. But he pointed to the value of a Western presence in the region, particularly because of the Soviet naval presence at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19870311.2.59
Bibliographic details
Press, 11 March 1987, Page 8
Word Count
130Frigate for Singapore? Press, 11 March 1987, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in