SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION (Sessional Paper No. Cmd. 15 of 1957)

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 25 April 1957 · 1st Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 25 April 1957, Vol 3, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

A. J. BragaOon Khye Kiang

[Mr SPEAKER in the Chair]

The Acting Financial Secretary (Mr Oon Khye Kiang): Mr Speaker, Sir, I have His Excellency's recommendation to proceed with the motion. Sir, I beg to move,

That this Assembly resolves that the sum of $5,496,603 shall be supplied to the Government under the heads of expenditure and for the services specified in the Schedule contained in Sessional Paper No. Cmd. 15 of 1957.

Sir, the Schedule consists of a list of applications for supplementary provision amounting to $5� million, of which the great majority of the items, amounting to $3.8 million, are unforeseen revotes of expenditure approved in 1956.

The reasons for these supplementary votes are given in detail in the Sessional Paper. My colleagues and I shall be happy to answer any question which hon. Members may wish to raise. Sir, I beg to move.

Mr Braga: I second it.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 25 April 1957. Republished on SGParliament.