ELECTION OF SPEAKER

Parliament of Singapore · 6 May 1968 · 2nd Parliament

Official Report, 6 May 1968, Vol 27, Issue 1 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

E. W. BarkerNg Kah Ting

At 11.30 a.m. the Serjeant at Arms laid the Mace below the Table.

The Minister for Law and National Development (Mr E. W. Barker) stood up, and addressing himself to the Clerk of Parliament said: Mr Lopez, I propose,

That Mr Punchardsheram Coomaraswamy do take the Chair of this Parliament as Speaker.

Mr Ng Kah Ting (Punggol) stood up, and addressing himself to the Clerk of Parliament said: Mr Lopez, I beg to support the proposal.

There being only one proposal, the Clerk then declared Mr Punchardsheram Coomaraswamy to have been elected as Speaker of Parliament.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 6 May 1968. Republished on SGParliament.