QUEEN STREET AND SILAT ROAD SIKH GURDAWARAS BILL

Mr John Mammen (Telok Blangah): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amalgamate the Queen Street and the Silat Road Sikh Gurdawaras and to place them under an Incorporated Board of Trustees.

The object of this Bill is to amalgamate the two Gurdawaras under a single constitution and management at the request of the present Board of Trustees. This Bill repeals the Queen Street Gurdawara Ordinance and the Silat Road Gurdwara Ordinance with the necessary changes and re-enactments. Mr Speaker, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amalgamate the Queen Street and the Silat Road Sikh Gurdawaras and to place them under an Incorporated Board of Trustees.

Mr Speaker: Who is prepared to introduce the Bill?

Mr John Mammen: I am, Sir.

Mr Speaker: Please proceed.

Mr John Mammen: I beg to introduce a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amalgamate the Queen Street and the Silat Road Sikh Gurdawaras and to place them under an Incorporated Board of Trustees."

Bill read the First Time.

Mr Speaker: Second Reading, what day?

Mr John Mammen: 29th November, Sir.