KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 -- - A slip of the tongue by Singapore's deputy prime minister has been taken advantage of by tourism agencies in the region to promote their products instead.

In the People's Action Party (PAP) Heng Swee Keat's nomination speech on June 30 he had said, "For our East Coast residents, we also have a plan for the East Coast. We have a East Coast, Singapore, we have a together and East Coast plan. We care at the East Coast."

Heng will be contesting in the East Coast Group Representation Constituency during the republic's general election on Friday.

In a Facebook post, Tourism Malaysia and Tourism Authority of Thailand's Singapore branch office said they too had their 'East Coast Plan'.

Tourism Malaysia wrote that the...