EXEMPTED BUSINESS

The Chief Minister: If it please you, Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the proceedings of the business set down for today be exempted from Standing Order 7.

There is some doubt as to how long the proceedings will take, Sir. I do not think the House will be kept very long, but, in any event, I would be grateful if the proceedings could be completed today and that the adjournment be taken at the end of today's sitting to 7th November for the purposes of the Budget and other proceedings.

The Minister for Labour and Welfare (Mr Lim Yew Hock): Sir, I rise to second the motion.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That the proceedings of the business set down for today be exempted from Standing Order 7.