SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS (Business Motion)

Parliament of Singapore · 13 December 1965 · 1st Parliament

Official Report, 13 December 1965, Vol 24, Issue 2 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Resolved, "That, notwithstanding the Standing Orders, the Motion of Thanks to the Yang di-Pertuan Negara* which has been set down for today be deferred to the 14th December, 1965."-[Dr Toh Chin Chye].

*The Motion reads as follows:

"That the following Address in reply to the speech of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara be agreed to:-

We, the Legislative Assembly of Singapore, express our thanks to the Yang di-Pertuan Negara for the speech which he delivered on behalf of the Government at the opening of the present Session of this Assembly."

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 13 December 1965. Republished on SGParliament.