EVICTION OF TENANTS (Compulsory Compensation)

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 16 December 1957 · 1st Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 16 December 1957, Vol 4, Issue 8 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Lim Cher Kheng

"Mr Lim Cher Kheng: To ask the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing whether he will consider amending the Rent Control Ordinance with a view to compelling private landlords to grant ex-gratia compensation to, or provide alternative accommodation for, evicted tenants of their houses or land."

Pursuant to Standing Order 16 (2), the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing supplied the following answer:-

"No. Sir, If the compensation is to be ex graria, there cannot be any compulsion."

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 16 December 1957. Republished on SGParliament.