CONSUMPTION INCREASE IN WHEAT FLOUR (Request for information)

The following Question stood in the name of Mr Ho See Beng -

13.To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any information of an appreciable increase in the consumption of wheat flour since the Deputy Prime Minister's statement urging the people of Singapore to eat more wheat than rice, and if the increase is not significant what effective measures the Government will take to achieve the objective.

Mr Speaker: Mr Ho See Beng.

Mr S. V. Lingam: Question No. 13.

Dr Goh Keng Swee: It is much too early to test the effects of the Deputy Prime Minister's exhortations as the "Eat more wheat" campaign was only launched last month.