PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY (Appointment)

Inche Mohd. Ariff Bin Suradi asked the Minister for Law and National Development if he will ascertain from the Port of Singapore Authority whether the appointment of General Manager of the Authority is on a permanent or contract basis.

Mr E. W. Barker: Section 32 of the Port of Singapore Authority Ordinance, 1963, empowers the Authority with the approval of the Minister, to appoint a General Manager on such terms and conditions as the Authority may think fit.

The present incumbent, Mr Goh Koh Pui, who is concurrently Chairman and General Manager of the Port of Singapore Authority, is a substantive Permanent Secretary, Superscale Grade C, now on secondment to the P.S.A. since 1st September, 1964.