NICOLL HIGHWAY PROMENADE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

Mr A. P. Rajah asked the Minister for National Development what is the total cost of the Nicoll Highway Promenade Development; what are the cost of materials used in the development and the cost of labour employed in connection therewith; and whether the cost of the development has been or is being charged to a City Council vote or a Government vote, or to both.

Mr Ong Eng Guan: Mr Speaker, the total cost of Nicoll Highway Promenade is estimated at $192,088. comprising: $ C. Materials . . 147,225 52 Labour . . 29,535 05 Transport . . 15,327 60

Materials: broadly classified, - nearly one and a half miles of concrete rails and assemblying, $32,577. -; erection of shuttering and placing of concrete, $2,810.25; laying topsoil and turfing, $3,833.07; mild steel, cement, sand, timber, concrete slabs, ready-mixed concrete and other sundry materials, $81,035.04; outstanding bills for materials, estimated at $24,000; floodlighting, $2,970.16. Labour: $29,535.05. Transport; comprising transfer items of City Council vehicles, $14,470.79; hire of outside lorries, $856.81.

The total cost, Mr Speaker, is being charged to City Council votes.

Mr Rajah: Can the Minister say whether any part of the cost for labour cited by him went to the payment of any member of the National Construction Corps?

Mr Ong Eng Guan: Yes, Mr Speaker. The National Construction Corps was paid an allowance of $3 a day for their expenses. I have not got full details of the number of days they have worked on the Promenade.