TOA PAYOH HOUSING SCHEME (Clearance Sub-Committee)

Mr Wong Soon Fong asked the Minister for National Development whether the Clearance Sub-Committee for the Tea Payoh Housing Scheme is still in existence, and whether it has called any meeting since July, 1961.

Mr Tan Kia Gan: No meeting has been called since July 1961 of this Sub Committee. Since the Committee has received views from interested parties, the Committee has already served its purpose.

Mr Ong Chang Sam: (In Mandarin): Does the Minister mean to say that this scheme for housing has stopped?

Mr Tan Kia Gan: I wish to inform the Member concerned that the Govern ment intends to carry on with the Toa Payoh development.

Mr Wong Soon Fong: (In Mandarin): Mr Speaker, Sir, can I ask the Minister whether the original Sub-Committee includes the representatives of the Rural People's Association, and whether this Sub-Committee has been scrapped?

Mr Tan Kia Gan: Mr Speaker, Sir, I agree that the Member who just spoke was a member of the Sub-Committee. But there were also other representatives from the Rural People's Association. As regards the other part of the question, I have already answered it.