UNOFFICIALS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS SENT OVERSEAS AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE FROM 1948 TO 1954

Mr Wong Foo Nam asked the Financial Secretary to state the total number of unofficial of the previous Legislative Councils sent at Government expense overseas to attend conferences and other events for each of the years from 1948 to 1954.

Mr T. M. Hart: The total number of unofficial members of the previous Legislative Councils who represented the Government of Singapore at conferences overseas during the period from 1948 to 1954 is as follows:-

1948: None.

1949: 1 member at two conferences.

1950: 3 members, one of whom attended three conferences.

1951: 4 members, one of whom attended four conferences.

1952: 1 member.

1953: 4 members; one of them attended two conferences and the Coronation of H.M. the Queen, and another attended three conferences.

1954: 2 members.