SINGAPORE ASIAN SEAMEN'S CLUB INCORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL

Order for Second Reading read.

2.47 p.m.

Dr Toh Chin Chye: Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."

Section 7 (1) of the Singapore Asian Seamen's Club Incorporation Ordinance requires that members of the Asian Seamen's Club Committee be appointed for nominations by seafarers' trade unions and by the Singapore Shipowners' Association. As there are only two registered seafarers' trade unions in Singapore, some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining the necessary representation. The proposed amendment to section 7 (1) of the Ordinance will bring it in line with the Seamen's Registry Board Ordinance and the Seafarers Welfare Board Ordinance in that seamen representation need not be confined to seafarers' trade unions only, but appointments can be made by the Minister of persons representing seafarers. The amendment will also enable the Minister to appoint persons from shipowners' associations other than the Singapore Shipowners' Association as there is more than one ship-owners' association in Singapore.

Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read a Second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.

The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill.- [Dr Toh Chin Chye].

Bill considered in Committee; reported without amendment; read a Third time and passed.