FERTILISER FACTORY

Mr Tee Kim Leng asked the Minister for National Development whether it is intended to set up a fertiliser factory.

Mr Tan Kia Gan: Mr Speaker, Sir, it is not the intention of the Government to set up a fertiliser factory.

Mr Tee Kim Leng: (In Mandarin): Mr Speaker, Sir, does the Minister for National Development not notice that in the booklet of the P.A.P. there is provision for such a scheme?

Mr Tan Kia Gan: I am not aware that the Party intended to set up a fertiliser factory. But I would like to inform this House that in my Ministry we have gone into the process of experimenting with chemical fertilisers in organic matters. This was gone into some time this year when I visited the experimental station in Potong Pasir. I would like to inform this House that, as far as the Government is concerned, we have experimented along these lines for vegetable farming, and we intend to reveal the results of the experiments to the farmers so that they could use such information to mix fertilisers for their own benefit.

Mr Lin You Eng: (In Mandarin): Mr Speaker, Sir, just now I heard the Min ister say that he does not know anything about the booklet of the P.A.P. regarding this scheme. That means the Government has forgotten about the election promises. We can see an example now!

Mr Speaker: The question has been answered. Mr Wong Soon Fong.