WHITE PAPER ON REUNIFICATION OF SINGAPORE AND FEDERATION OF MALAYA

Mr Speaker: On item 3, the motion in the name of the Prime Minister*, will the Prime Minister move simpliciter?

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• The motion reads as follows:

That this House accepts the heads of agreement set out in the White Paper Cmd. 33 of 1961 agreed to between the Governments of the State of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya as a working basis for a reunification of the two territories.

The Prime Minister: Mr Speaker, Sir, I move simpliciter*.

Mr Speaker: The motion has been moved. Will the Member for Farrer Park now move simpliciter his amendment?

Mr Rajah: Mr Speaker, Sir, I move the amendment* simpliciter.

Mr Speaker: The Question is, "That this House accepts the heads of agreement set out in the White Paper Cmd. 33 of 1961 agreed to between the Governments of the State of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya as a working basis for a reunification of the two territories. Since which an amendment has been moved,

• After "That" in line 1, to insert the words, "as an immediate practical step towards the ideal goal of complete merger".

Amendment agreed to.

Question, as amended, put, "That as an immediate practical step towards the ideal goal of complete merger this House accepts the heads of agreement set out in the White Paper Cmd. 33 of 1961 agreed to between the Governments of the State of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya as a working basis for a reunification of the two territories."

The Prime Minister: Division.

The House divided: Ayes, 33; No, Nil; Absent, 18. Ayes. No. Abdul Hamid bin Nil Haji Jumat. Ahmad bin Absent. Ibrahim. Ahmad Jabri bin Bani, S. T. Mohammad Akib. Chan Sun Wing. Fung Yin Ching, Miss. Ayes-continued. Absent-continued. Buang bin Koh, C. H. Omar Junid. Lee Siew Choh. Byrne, K. M. Leong Keng Seng. Chan Chee Seng. Lin You Eng. Chan Choy Siong, Lingam, S. V. Madam. Low Por Tuck. Chor Yeok Eng. Marshall, David. Goh Chew Chua. Ng Teng Kian. Goh Keng Swee. Ong Chang Sam. Hoe Puay Choo, Ong Eng Guan. Madam. Sheng Nam Chin. Kandasamy, G. Tan Cheng Tong. Lee Khoon Choy. Tee Kim Leng. Lee Kuan Yew. Teo Hock Guan. Lee Teck Him. Wong Soon Fong. Lim Cheng Lock. Lim Yew Hock. Mammen, John. Mohd. Ali bin Alwi. Mohd. Ariff bin Suradi. M. Ismail Rahim. Ong Pang Boon. Rajah, A. P. Rajaratnam, S. Ramaswamy, S. Sahorah binte Ahmad, Madam. Seow Peck Leng, Mrs. Tan Kia Gan. Thio Chan Bee. Toh Chin Chye. Wee Toon Boon. Yaacob bin Mohamed. Yong Nyuk Lin.

Motion, as amended, according agreed to.