ADJOURNMENT MOTION (Business Motion)

Parliament of Singapore · 9 May 1968 · 2nd Parliament

Official Report, 9 May 1968, Vol 27, Issue 2 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

E. W. Barker

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

Mr Speaker: Mr Barker, I believe you have a business motion?

The Minister for Law and National Development (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, may I seek your consent and the general assent of hon. Members to move a motion to suspend Standing Orders to enable Parliament to adjourn earlier than eight o'clock tonight, namely, at a quarter to seven?

Mr Speaker: I give my consent. Do I have the general assent of hon. Members for the motion indicated by the Leader to be moved?

Hon. members indicated assent.

Resolved, "That notwithstanding the Standing Orders, this Parliament doth adjourn tonight at a quarter to seven." - [Mr Barker].

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 9 May 1968. Republished on SGParliament.