RE-EMPLOYED PENSIONERS IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (Particulars)

Mr S. V. Lingam asked the Minister for Law and National Development the number of pensioners now re-employed in the Public Works Department and the period for which each has been re-employed.

Mr Barker: Mr Speaker, Sir, seven pensioners are now re-employed in the Public Works Department. Short particulars are as follows. Three were employed in Singapore House at Fraser's Hill. The period of employment was from 2nd January, 1965, to 30th June, 1968. A fourth was re-employed as a temporary technical assistant, civil engineering, from 30th January, 1965, to 31st December, 1968. The fifth was reemployed as a temporary technical assistant, civil engineering, from 29th April, 1967, to 28th April, 1968. The sixth as a temporary technician, civil engineering, from 28th July, 1965, to 31st December, 1967, and the seventh as a temporary technician, also civil engineering, from 27th September, 1965, to the 30th June, 1968.