cleaning the city
Monday, 23rd November 1959
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew today led a mass drive to spring-clean the city for National Loyalty Week, and also to time with the official installation of Singapore’s Yang di-Pertuan Negara on December 3. Three other Ministers also joined thousands of volunteers on the first day of the one-week giant campaign known as Gerakkan Pembersehan Bandar Raya Singapura. He said the government aimed to make Singapore as one of the cleanest and healthiest cities in Asia.