PRESS STATEMENT NO. 561
EMBARGO: 12 midnight 19 September 1975
VISIT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
Th%, Prime Minister announced today that the Right
Honourable Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Datuk Hussein, Prime
Minister of Malaysia, is to visit Australia from Wednesday
October to Wednesday 22 October 1975. He will be
accompanied by his wife, Toh Puan Hajjah Rahah.
Tun Razak and his wife are due to arrive at
Canberra from Sydne9 at 12 noon on 15 October and to
leave for Adelaide at 00 p. m. on Friday 17 October.
They propose remaining in South Australia until Tuesday
21 October when they will travel to Sydney to stay overnight
befdre leaving Australia on Wednesday 22 October 1975.
An outline of the engagements in Canberra for
Tun Razak is attached.
The Prime Minister said that Tun Razak's visit would
underline the close and friendly traditional ties between
Australians and Malaysians in all walks of life. Tun Razak's
visit would reciprocate his own official visit to Malaysia
in January 1974.
Mr Whitlam said he felt sure that Tun Razak would
be warmly welcomed by the Australian people and hoped that
the informal part of his program, in particular, would
enable Tun Razak to learn more of the Australian way of life.
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VISIT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
OUTLINE PROGRAM FOR CANBERRA
WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER 1975
12.00 noon Ceremonial arrival at RAAP Base Fairbairn
Received by
The Prime Minister and Mrs Whitlam
Stay at the Lakeside Hotel
Afternoon Calls on the Priime Minister at Parliament House
Official discussions
Evening Dinner at The Lodge
THUR1SDAY 16 OCTOBER 1975
Morning Lays wreath at Australian War Memorial
Visits Mt Ainslie Lookout
Visits Planning Exhibition at Regatta Point
Lunch At Parliament House with Senators and Members
( Hosts: The Prime Minister and Ministers of
State)
Late Afternoon Reception given by the Malaysian High Commissioner
Evening Dinner at Government House
FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER 1975
Morning Meets Malaysian students at Malaysia House
Lunch As guest of National Press Club
3.00 p. m. Ceremonial departure from RAAF Base Fairbairn
for Adelaide
Farewelled by-
The Prime Minister and Mrs Whitlam.
CANBERRA, A. C. T.