DR BENJAMIN HENRY SHEARES WAS SWORN IN AS NEW PRESIDENT OF SINGAPORE AT ISTANA NEGARA. IN A LOW BUT AUDIBLE VOICE, PRESIDENT DR BENJAMIN HENRY SHEARES WITH HIS LEFT HAND HOLDING THE BIBLE, TOOK TWO OATHS - ONE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ONE FOR THE DUE EXECUTION OF THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT. OTHERS IN THE PICTURE ARE PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW (LEFT) AND JUSTICE WEE CHONG JIN (RIGHT).
02/01/1971
PCD0383 - 0012
2003,0471/4/10
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