ADMIRALTY LANDS FOR HOUSE BUILDING
Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 5 September 1956 · 1st Legislative Assembly
Official Report, 5 September 1956, Vol 2, Issue 2 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
Mr Goh Tong Liang asked the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing whether he will consider acquiring the Admiralty lands, now lying fallow, at Bukit Panjang and Bukit Gombak hills, particularly Lots Nos. 214/1 and 215 Mukim X, sub-dividing them into small building lots and renting them to those who wish to get out of the slums and build their own houses according to their means.
Inche Abdul Hamid Bin Haji Jumat: No, Sir, the land in question is required for essential defence purposes in an emergency, which would preclude the building of houses on it. BILLS INTRODUCED ARCHITECTS (AMENDMENT) BILL
"to amend the Architects Ordinance (Chapter 189 of the Revised Edition)",
presented by the Minister for Communications and Works (Mr Francis Thomas); read the First time, to be read a Second time on Wednesday, 3rd October, 1956, and to be printed.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 5 September 1956. Republished on SGParliament.