PEOPLE'S DEFENCE FORCE BILL

Parliament of Singapore · 15 December 1965 · 1st Parliament

Official Report, 15 December 1965, Vol 24, Issue 4 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Goh Keng Swee

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

The Minister of Defence (Dr Goh Keng Swee): Mr Speaker, Sir, I have the recommendation of His Excellency the Yang di-Pertuan Negara to introduce this Bill. Sir, I beg to introduce a Bill intituled "An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a people's defence force and for purposes connected therewith."

Bill read the First time.

Second Reading

Mr Speaker: Second Reading, what day?

Dr Goh Keng Swee: The first available sitting day after the 23rd December, 1965.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 15 December 1965. Republished on SGParliament.