APPOINTMENT OF MR. C. H. BUTTERFIELD TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON LAND TITLES BILL

The Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing (Inche Abdul Hamid Bin Haji Jumat): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the motion standing in my name,

That the Honourable Mr J. M. Jumabhoy be discharged from the Select Committee on the Land Titles Bill and that the Honourable Mr C. H. Butterfield be appointed to the Committee.

My colleague, the Hon. Mr J. M. Jumabhoy, was made a member of the Select Committee on the Land Titles Bill on the 6th of September, 1955. He has written in to say that he is unable to continue being a member of the Committee due to the exigencies of his office. Members will be aware that the Land Titles Bill is a document of considerable importance to Singapore, and it is very necessary that every member of the Committee should be able to devote his undivided attention to the work of the Committee. I therefore feel that we should accept the resignation of the Hon. Mr J. M. Jumabhoy and, in his place, I recommend the appointment of another member of the Government, the Hon. Mr C. H. Butterfield. I beg to move, Sir.

Mr Chew Swee Kee: I rise to second the motion.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That the Honourable Mr J. M. Jumabhoy be discharged from the Select Committee on the Land Titles Bill and that the Honourable Mr C. H. Butterfield be appointed to the Committee.