COMMENCEMENT OF WORK ON RECOMMENDED PROJECTS IN KAMPONG KEMBANGAN

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 when will work commence for the improvement of roads and drains and the installation of stand-pipes and street-lights in the Kampong Kembangan Constituency which had been recommended by the Citizens Consultative Committee to the Members of the Urban and Rural Services Committee during their visit to the Constituency in July 1965.

Mr Ho Cheng Choon (for the Minister for Law and National Development): Mr Speaker, Sir, proposals for the improvement of roads and drains and the installation of stand-pipes and street-lights in the Kampong Kembangan Constituency, recommended by the Citizens Consultative Committee to the members of the Urban and Rural Services Committee during their visit to the Constituency on 9th June, 1965 (not July 1965) have, by and large, been implemented.

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

Inche Mohd. Ariff: (In Malay): When will the detailed report be circulated, please?

Mr Ho Cheng Choon: Mr Speaker, I have just mentioned that the details of the projects will be circulated with the Official Report - that means our Parliament's Official Report. I do not know when.

Mr Speaker: I think the answer is `Yes'. Following are the details of the projects: Projects Estimated Remarks Cost $ Street-lights at unlit section of 760 Completed Jalan Damai, in front of the Community Centre Desilting of drain in Jalan Buntu - Completed Desilting of drain and - Completed construction of culvert in Jalan Eunos/Jaffar Repair to Jalan Ladang and 1,400 Completed another portion (between Jalan Chekor and Jalan Ang Teng) Improvement of pressure to - Completed standpipe No. 1527 at Jalan Bakti/Jalan Jasa Construction of Timber bridges: (a) Jalan Ishak/Lorong Melayu 500) (b) Jalan Ishak/Lorong Marzuki 500) Completed (c) Jalan Ishak/Lorong Marican 500) Street lighting for - (a) Jalan Kembangan - unlit 700) Work in section progress (b) Lengkong Empat - unlit 700) section Improvement of drains at Jalan 1,500 Approved. Khidmat/Bakti Quotations being called. Repair of section of Jalan 17,600 Approved on Kembangan 28-3-66 to be made up under Section 19 L.G.I.O. Making up of Lengkong Tiga 32,700 Approved on 28-3-66 to be made up under Section 19 L.G.I.O. Making up of Lengkong Lima 6,200 Approved on 28-3-66 to be made up under Section 19 L.G.I.O. Installation of standpipe in 340 Approved on Jalan Ishak 28-3-66. Installation of standpipe near 1,046 Approved on No. 13 Jalan Mempelam off Jalan 28-3-66. Ubi Installation of street lighting 4,600 Referred to for the public section of Jalan Committee Kembangan member i/c for investigation Street lights for Kampong Roads 5,000 Referred to at the end of Lengkong Tiga Committee member i/c for investigation Construction of pipe culvert and 2,000 Referred to deepening of earth drain in the Committee Malay Farm Area member i/c for investigation Improvement of Lorong Melayu 1,000 Will be considered at the next U.R.S.C. Meeting Metalling of Jalan Betek 27,000 Will be considered at the next U.R.S.C. Meeting Construction of timber bridge at 5,000 Will be junction of Jalan Kunyit and considered at Jalan Tauge the next U.R.S.C. Meeting Making up of Jalan Kunyit 9,000 Will be considered at the next U.R.S.C. Meeting Metalling of Jalan Tauge (from 41,000 Will be Jalan Timun to Jalan Ang Teng considered at parallel to Jalan Ubi) the next U.R.S.C. Meeting Installation of street lighting 9,100 Deferred at Kampong Eunos Installation of street lights for 1,140 Deferred steps inter-connecting Jalan Eunos and Jalan Buntu Projects Estimated Remarks Cost $ Kampong type of street lamps at 4,300 Deferred Lengkong Lima and Enam Making up of Lengkong Enam 5,800 Deferred Construction of culverts at the 1,800 Deferred cross-road of Jalan Kembangan/Lengkong Tiga Making up of portion of Jalan 5,000 Deferred Damai from Jalan Abadi to Jalan Khidmat and constructing composite drain Improvement of Jalan Ishak 16,000 Deferred Making up of Lorong Empat 18,000 Deferred

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