EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS IN KAMPONG KEMBANGAN IN 1965

Parliament of Singapore · 21 April 1966 · 1st Parliament

Official Report, 21 April 1966, Vol 25, Issue 2 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

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Inche Mohd. Ariff Bin Suradi asked the Minister for Law and National Development how much money the Government had spent in 1965 on the making of roads, footpaths and drains and the installation of stand-pipes and street-lights in the Kampong Kembangan Constituency, and what were the projects carried out.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for National Development (Mr Ho Cheng Choon) (for the Minister for Law and National Development): Mr Speaker, the Government approved an amount of $106,845 in 1965 for the making of roads, footbridges and drains and the installation of standpipes and street-lights in the Kampong Kembangan Constituency.

Details of the projects will be circulated with the Official Report.

Following are the details of the projects: Projects Estimated Remarks Cost $ Repair of Jalan Ang Teng off Paya 24,000 Completed Lebar Road Repair of Jalan Ladang 13,200 Completed Making up of Jalan Tekun 1,600 Completed Making up of Jalan Mempelam 2,000 Completed Repair of Jalan Ladang (between 1,400 Completed Jalan Chekar and Jalan Ang Teng) Repair of Jalan Reteh off Jalan 1,000 Completed Ladang Supply of 50 lorries of quarry 1,000 Completed waste for repair of Jalan Halia Supply of 25 lorries of quarry 500 Completed waste for repair of Jalan Hussein Construction of footbridge at 200 Completed Jalan Petai and Jalan Lobak Repair of footbridge at Pachitan 200 Completed Sembelan Construction of 3 timber bridges 1,500 Completed at Jalan Ishak Resitting of standpipe No. 2140 695 Completed to in front of Jalan Delima Installation of street lighting 3,190 Completed for Jalan Kuda and Jalan Jaffar Installation of street lighting 5,500 Completed for Jalan Ang Teng Projects Estimated Remarks Cost $ Installation of street lighting 760 Completed at the section of Jalan Damai in front of Community Centre Lining of drain between Lorong 6,000 Completed Marzuki and Lorong Melayu Metalling of Jalan Delima 12,600 Completed Making up of Jalan Bermi 2,600 Completed Metalling of Jalan Timun 14,000 Work in Progress Constructin of pedestrian 3,000 Work in footbridge at Jalan Dami Progress Construction of 2 timber bridges 2,400 Work in at Jalan Daud near Lorong Marzuki Progress Junction Improvement of drain at Jalan 9,500 Work in Khidmat and Jalan Bakti Progress SUMMARY $ Repair and making up of roads 73,900 Footpath - Footbridges 7,300 Drains 15,500 Standpipe 695 Street Lighting 9,450 ------- Total 106,845 =======

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 21 April 1966. Republished on SGParliament.