LEGAL TENDER (Accommodation of public)

Mr Seah Peng Chuan asked the Financial Secretary, in view of the distress reported to have been experienced by an accused in a Traffic Court, when his payment of a fine exceeding two dollars in one cent coins was at first not accepted, if he will consider issuing instructions to revenue-collecting Government Departments to accommodate members of the public as far as possible.

Mr T. M. Hart: Cases of this nature are of very infrequent occurrence and it is not considered necessary to issue instructions concerning them. Large quantities of coins can always be exchanged for notes at the office of the Currency Commissioners.