KWONG WAI SHIU HOSPITAL (AMENDMENT) BILL

5.22 p.m.

Mr Wong Foo Nam (Pasir Panjang): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the Report from the Select Committee on the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (Amendment) Bill, as contained in Sessional Paper No. L.A. 3 of 1958, be adopted.

Mr Braga: I second it.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That the Report from the Select Committee on the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (Amendment) Bill, as contained in Sessional Paper No. L.A. 3 of 1958, be adopted.

Third Reading

Mr Speaker: Third Reading, what day?

Mr Wong Foo Nam: Now, Sir. Mr Speaker, I beg to move, "That the Bill be now read the Third time."

As I said in the Second Reading of this Bill, the main purpose of this Bill is to increase the number of Committee members of the Hospital from 40 to 60. The reasons appear in the Explanatory Note to this Bill and these were subsequently substantiated by a statutory declaration made by the President of the Board of Trustees for the Hospital. A copy of that declaration is contained in the Report.

Sir, I beg to move.

The Assistant Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing (Mr Tan Theng Chiang): I second it.

Question put, and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read the Third time and passed.