Former President Halimah Yacob, who was accompanied by her father Mohamed Abdullah Alhabshee, said Puan Noor Aishah may become remembered for how she changed the Istana when her father initially took office.
“The European reputation was so strong, but she came to the Istana and she transformed it, made it more Eastern, more localised … That’s essential and that is remembered by citizens, not just in Singapore, ” Madam Halimah said.
She recalled that when she was a Member of Parliament for the Bukit Batok hospital from 2001 to 2015, Puan Noor Aishah may spend time at Yusof Ishak Secondary School, which was within the hospital and named after her father.
“She will be warmly remembered, and the various achievements she made- I hope that will also be portion of our happy tradition as Singaporeans, as a country status, ” added Mdm Halimah.