TEMPORARY POLICE CONSTABLES (Number and manner recruited, and duties)

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 10 February 1960 · 2nd Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 10 February 1960, Vol 12, Issue 3 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Mohd. Ali Bin AlwiOng Pang Boon
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Inche Mohd. Ali Bin Alwi asked the Minister for Home Affairs how many Temporary Police Constables have been recruited since June 1959, how were they recruited, and what are the duties generally performed by them.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: Mr Speaker, Sir, 16 Police Constables have been recruited since June 1959. Following a Cabinet decision, they were selected by me and appointed by the Commissioner of Police under section 19 of the Police Force Ordinance. 13 have completed their training.

Their duties are to guard Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries to whom they are assigned for security purposes, but they have the ordinary powers of police officers.

Inche Mohd. Ali Bin Alwi: Sir, in connection with Question No. 4, I would like to know whether any of the 16 Temporary Police Constables have been suspended from duty.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: The services of two of these Temporary Police Constables have been terminated.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 10 February 1960. Republished on SGParliament.