QUARTERS FOR PUBLIC DAILY-RATED EMPLOYEES

Mrs C. V. Devan Nair asked the Minister for Finance (a) whether he is aware of the undertaking given by the Government, contained in a collective agreement with the Public Daily Rated Employees' Unions Federation in 1961, that quarters would be built for public daily-rated employees every year; (b) how many such quarters have been built by the Government over the last two years; and (c) what the Government proposes to do in order to implement the undertaking.

Dr Goh Keng Swee: Sir, the Government is aware of the undertaking to build quarters for the daily-rated employees. Quarters have been built for the daily-rated employees. For instance, the P.W.D. will complete, towards the end of this year, 30 quarters costing $120,000 for daily-rated employees at Ulu Pandan Sewerage Works. The Minister for Health will construct 20 quarters next year at Choa Chu Kang Burial Grounds. The project costs $89,000. The Government has implemented the undertaking and will continue to implement it.