Lane closures, security checks near Parliament, Raffles hotel for S’pore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat
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President Prabowo Subianto (right) will make his first state visit to Singapore on June 16 and meet Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
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SINGAPORE – Motorists should avoid roads near Parliament House and Raffles Singapore hotel on June 16.
This is because the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat will be held at the Parliament House, with State Lunch at the hotel.
President Prabowo Subianto will make his first state visit to Singapore
The meeting is a long-held tradition in which the countries’ leaders and ministers meet informally each year to discuss ways to strengthen ties.
The police said on June 15 they would be conducting security checks on vehicles around both locations near Raffles Place.
The right lane of Parliament Place from North Bridge Road to lamp post 4F will be closed on June 16 from 4am to 4pm.
The left two lanes of North Bridge Road from Seah Street to lamp post 61F will be closed from 12.30pm to 3.30pm for the State Lunch.
Police officers and auxiliary police officers will be deployed along Parliament Place and North Bridge Road to assist and direct motorists.
Parking restrictions will be enforced and vehicles that are parked illegally or causing obstruction will be towed away.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will establish a Temporary Restricted Area (TRA) over Parliament House on that day from 8.30am to 1.30pm, prohibiting aerial and unmanned aircraft activities within and into the TRA.
If convicted for the offence under the Air Navigation Order, one may be fined up to $20,000 for the first offence, and fined up to $40,000 or jailed up to 15 months, or both, for the second and subsequent offences.
