ROYAL MALAYAN NAVY (Pay and schemes of service)

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 29 June 1955 · 1st Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 29 June 1955, Vol 1, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

A. A. WilliamsAhmad Bin Ibrahim

Wednesday, 29th June, 1955

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Inche Ahmad Bin Ibrahim asked the Chief Secretary whether he will consider a review of the salaries and schemes of service in operation for personnel of the Royal Malayan Navy, with a view to eliminating the present disparity in salaries and schemes of service as between the personnel of the Royal Malayan Navy and the Singapore Police Force.

Mr A. A. Williams: No. The rates of pay for the Royal Malayan Navy were revised in 1952 and were fixed to correspond very closely to the rates for equivalent ranks in the Malay Regiment and in local units of the Imperial Forces. The powers, duties, responsibilities, and general conditions of service of personnel of the Royal Malayan Navy differ so widely from those of the members of the Singapore Police Force that it is not considered possible accurately to compare the salaries and conditions of service of the two Forces.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 29 June 1955. Republished on SGParliament.