FIRST SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR FY 1969/1970 AND SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE FOR FY 1969/1970

3.15 p.m.

Order read for consideration Committee of Supply [Allotted Day].

The Chairman: First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970, contained in Paper Cmd. 7 of 1970. The summary is at the foot of the page. There are two heads of expenditure and an amendment stands on the Order Paper Supplement in respect of Head 0402 - Pensions, Retirement Allowances, Gratuities, etc.

Head 0402 -

Mr Lim Cheng Lock (Kampong Kapor): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the sum to be allocated for Head 0402 be reduced by $10 in respect of subhead 2003.

Sir, will the Minister provide this House with a breakdown of the number of retirements which were not anticipated? Has this big increase in retirements affected any particular Ministry? And were there any main causes for it?

Mr P. Govindaswamy (Anson): Mr Speaker, Sir, the cost of living allowances on pensions are still worked out according to the old system. Most of the civil servants variable allowances are now consolidated into their basic salaries. Can the Minister say whether a pensioner's allowance can be consolidated into his pension? It this consolidation is agreed to, I hope pensioners do not get less than what they are getting now.

The Minister for Finance (Dr Goh Keng Swee): Sir, I do not think consolidation of cost of living allowances would make any difference to pensioners because, unlike serving officers, they have nothing to gain by such consolidation. In the case of serving officers, pension is calculated on basic salary so that when their variable allowances are consolidated into their basic salary, that will have the effect of increasing the amount of pension for which they are eligible. This does not apply to pensions, in Still I will bear in mind what the

Member for Anson has said. I suspect a lot of these matters remain as they are through sheer bureaucratic inertia, it may well be that by the year 2000, unless somebody is energetic enough to inquire and question the basis of this allowance, we might still have pensioners drawing their cost of living allowances.

As regards the questions raised by the Member for Kampong Kapor, there has not been any increase in the number of officers retiring. I will give the mid-year figures of the number of officers who retired in 1967, 1968 and 1969. In mid-1967, 467 officers retired. In mid-1968, 553 officers retired. And in mid-1969, 517 officers retired. The number of officers retiring in mid-1969 was less than that in mid-1968. However, because those who retired in 1969 apparently drew more pay, the net effect would be that the cost of living allowances went up by 13.4 per cent in 1969. Whereas in 1968, the cost of living allowances went up by seven per cent as compared with the previous year.

Cost of living allowances are provided to pensioners drawing less than $320 per month if they have dependants and also to pensioners drawing less than $250 per month if they have no dependants. It so happened that last year, the number of pensioners eligible for these allowances was larger than had been expected.

Mr Lim Cheng Lock: Sir, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

The sum of $136,250 for Head 0402 ordered to stand part of the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970.

The sum of $1,412,000 for Head 0701 ordered to stand part of the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970.

Question, "That the sum of $1,548,250 shall be supplied to the Government under the heads of expenditure for the public services shown in the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31St March, 1970, contained in Paper Cmd. 7 of 1970," put, and agreed to.

Resolution to be reported.

The Chairman: Second Supplementary Development Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970, contained in Paper Cmd. 8 of 1970. The summary is on the last page of the Paper. There is only one head of expenditure, namely, Head 21 - Loans and General - and there are amendments in respect of all the three subheads under the head.

Head 21 -

Mr Ng Yeow Chong: Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the sum to be allocated for Head 21 be reduced by $10 in respect of subhead l01*.

(* The same amendment also stood in the name of Madam Chan Choy Siong.)

Sir, in moving this amendment, I am reminded of a report which appeared on the front page of the Straits Times on 14th February, 1970, carrying the caption "New multi-million project, `Little Japan' for Jurong". This apparently, I believe, referred to the ambitious projects now being undertaken by the Jurong Town Corporation. To meet the purpose of financing the projects, this House is now asked to approve a further loan of $5 million to be made available to the Jurong Town Corporation in addition to the $30 million already approved by the Committee of Supply in December 1968.

Sir, Jurong has now become the "lifeline" of the economy of the Republic of Singapore. Further expansion of the Jurong Industrial Estate will certainly help to accelerate greater growth of the economy especially in the l970s. All of us, inside and outside this House, cannot feel unconcerned with the transformation that is taking place in Jurong. This being the case, may I ask the Minister for Finance to explain and enlighten us on the details of the development projects which involve millions of dollars? In his reply, will he also indicate to us when the projects will be completed, and, if in several phases, when the various phases will be completed? How many factory sites will be available and will these be adequate to meet the number of applications received to date? What types of industries, to be more specific, will be accommodated at the completed sites?

Finally, will there be sites for relocation of warehouses which are in acute shortage at this moment as a result of urban renewal schemes.

The Chairman: Madam Chan is not present.

Dr Goh Keng Swee: Mr Speaker, Sir, the area under development to which the Member for Mountbatten has drawn attention is that new stretch of Jurong west of the present Mobil Oil Refinery. An area of about 1,000 acres is now being levelled by cutting down hills and filling up swamps. At the same time, land is being dredged to produce two channels - one is being called Benoi channel, which is 4,000 feet long, 750 feet wide and 15 feet deep. The other is Tanjong Gul channel, which is 6,000 feet long, 1,500 feet wide and 20 feet deep. It is necessary to do these rather expensive dredging operations to provide suitable sites for the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industries as well as new industries which will fabricate oil-drilling rigs and produce other products required by the oil exploration industries in this part of the world.

Thirty-eight sites have been prepared and I have been informed by the Jurong Town Corporation that 33 of these sites have already been taken up. There is a very serious shortage of land with good sea ,frontage, and this shortage will continue for some time as a result of the rapid growth of the ship-building, ship-repairing and servicing industries connected with off-shore oil exploration. It will take some time for the preparation of the sites to be completed. It is not merely a matter of levelling land. It is also necessary to bring in all the other services which modem industry requires such as power, supplies of industrial water, in some cases gas, as well as sewerage facilities and so on. At a guess, I would say that most of these sites will be ready for occupation in about a year's time, and possibly the whole lot should be ready two years from now.

Warehouses are not the responsibility of the Jurong Town Corporation.

Mr Ng Yeow Chong: In view of the explanation given by the Minister for Finance, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

3.30 p.m.

Mr P. Selvadurai (Bukit Panjang): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the sum to be allocated for Head 21 be reduced by $10 in respect of subhead 103*.

(* The same amendment also stood in the names of Mr J. F. Conceicao and Madam Chan Choy Siong.)

Mr Speaker, Sir, it would not be an easy task to belittle the achievements of the Housing and Development Board. These are now world famous and we derive justifiable pride from them. In the process of breaking the back of, if not solving, the problems of physical housing, we have created problems of a different dimension involving human beings and their social habits.

The progression from the environment of traditional slums to that of high-rise flats implies the need for a change in communal values, attitudes and standards of social cleanliness. It is insufficient for a human being to be impeccably clean within the confines of his flat, but to be careless of what he does in elevators, common stairways and corridors let alone common latrines and baths. Even elevators are mistaken for latrines.

Many of our blocks of flats are becoming new slums, with an environment not conducive to the healthy growth of the next and subsequent generations of human beings. It is now necessary for human beings living in blocks of flats to be organised on a corporate basis with their own self-governing institutions, perhaps along the lines of management committees of community centres, with adequate powers to manage the social problems of flat-dwelling.

The time has come, Mr Speaker, for the Housing and Development Board to direct part of its energies to solving these new problems which involve not construction but human materials.

Mr J. F. Conceicao (Katong): Mr Speaker, Sir, the tenor of my remarks will follow very much the same lines as those of my colleague from Bukit Panjang. I agree with him that it will be very difficult for us to gainsay the achievements of the Housing and Development Board. The Minister for Finance himself has referred to the tremendous increase in the number of houses built in the last ten years. It has increased by about five times the original number in 1959.

My own very slight reading on the subject of housing projects has given me an impression which, I hope, is not simply due to the fact that I have not read sufficiently, that our housing achievements are, perhaps, the best and most effective in the world. I have read that in America, for example, federal aid has been given to middle-income housing projects, whereas a relatively small programme is devoted to aid low income housing projects.

In Singapore the emphasis has been on the building of homes for low income groups. In addition to that, we are also providing schemes for home ownership so that not only do we provide our people, especially those in the lower income group, with shelter at comparatively low rentals, but we offer them security by giving them the opportunity to buy their own homes on easy terms. This, therefore, demonstrates a relationship of responsibility between the blousing and Development Board and our people who live in flats and houses provided by the Housing and Development Board. However, I feel that this relationship is essentially a bureaucratic one. I would like to ask whether we should not take a greater interest in the people who live in these Housing Board flats, and whether we should not attempt to encourage them to consider the places in which they live as homes and not simply as housing units? We can already detect a growing interest among officers of the Board in this respect. For example, fountains are provided in order to beautify the precincts of a Housing and Development Board project. The important point is to educate the people to respect these social amenities. For example, shrubbery must not be destroyed, and fountains should not be defiled, and so on.

How do we set about inculcating a sense of pride and affection in the community and a commitment to the neighbourhood? Perhaps we should take a greater interest in the sociological aspects of community development. In this connection, perhaps, we could ask the Minister for Law and National Development how interested is the Housing and Development Board in getting the services of sociologists to help them find out the problems that affect people who live in Housing and Development Board flats. There are many measures that one can just give as examples. Could we not provide premises for people who live in Housing and Development Board flats to meet and discuss the improvement of their neighbourhood? Could not these same premises also serve as centres where people could come together, view an educational T.V, programme and learn to improve their environment? They can also learn something about domestic economy, about beautifying their premises, and about subjects that will make life that much more worth living. This would give the people a greater sense of commitment to their environment. These same premises could also be used by the children who live in these crowded quarters to study and prepare for their school work. These are just a few examples of what could be done to augment the human qualities of life in Housing and Development Board flats.

Perhaps one could comment on the polar attitudes that are taken by the community and by the estate officer in charge of a particular area. This is an unfortunate situation. Sometimes an M.P, is caught between the estate officer trying to implement the Board's rules and the community who seems to regard the estate officer as a natural antagonist. Perhaps something could be done to encourage better relationship between the Board's officers and the community. In this connection, one could ask what sort of training is given to officers of the Board in the understanding of human relationship.

Mr E. W. Barker: Mr Speaker, Sir, first, may I thank both Members for their kind words and then attempt to meet their criticisms or perhaps suggestions.

Sir, may I say that the Housing and Development Board has been very conscious of the social conditions which have come about through living in flats, some of which are high-rise. In 1966, a sample survey was taken in some estates and the net result was a report prepared by Mr Stephen H. K. Yeh and Mr Lee Yoke San in 1968 on housing conditions in Singapore. This report dealt with all the trends and implications, and I would commend it to both Members. Perhaps I could touch on some of its conclusions. Sir, I quote at page 28 of the report:

`For the first time in Singapore, living in these high-rise fiats has created a new way of life for a significant proportion of the population. Social change, as reflected in people's lives, is the result of the inter-play of physical, social and individual factors and, therefore, both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of living have to he studied together, if comprehensive knowledge is to be gained.

Second, at the present time, there are some 200,000 people living in the congested central area of 3 1/2- square miles, most of which is scheduled for slum clearance, and the population reallocated to public housing in the interest of sound land-use policy, better social welfare and general economic development.

In addition, the social structure of slums deserves attention And they go on and on.

The Housing and Development Board is acting in accordance with the recommendations made in this report and has made some plans to improve the living conditions of tenants in the Housing and Development Board estates. I would remind Members, firstly, of the sports complex at Queenstown, which is at the moment under construction. The Board is spending $2,000,000 on this complex. It will be completed by July this year and will have five swimming pools.

Another particular item is the reservation of 40 acres of land at Toa Payoh for the construction of another sports complex. Work has not yet started, but it will be done so that the younger children will have more playgrounds, and the older ones will have basket-ball courts. The Board has been very conscious of the needs of the people living in flats, and in every housing estate places are reserved not only for shops but markets and stalls and even cinemas. Sometimes light and clean industries are provided in order to provide employment.

Now we come to the little details about keeping common corridors and lifts clean. It would be very expensive, from the Board's point of view, to provide a liftman. I am sure Members will agree with me that this is a process of education, but one thing we have done, and which has resulted in cleaner homes and cleaner estates, is the sale of the estates. A man who owns his own home sees to it that it is clean. He sees to it that the common corridors are clean. He sees to it that the lifts are not dirty. Hence, one of the reasons for encouraging home ownership.

To meet the specific suggestions of both the Members for Bukit Panjang and Katong, the Board will soon be creating committees of representatives in two or three blocks in each and every one of our eleven housing estates.

3.45 p.m.

There will be one committee for one block. And the Board has suggested that the Member of Parliament for the constituency, a representative of the Board, and a member of the Citizens' Consultative Committee of the constituency, should sit as members of this committee. I hope that Members of this House, in whose constituency there are many housing estates, will give every assistance to the committee about to be formed.

The Chairman: Dr Goh, have you anything to add to that?

Dr Goh Keng Swee: No, Sir.

Mr Selvadurai: Sir, I beg leave to withdraw.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Mr Hwang Soo Jin (Jalan Kayu): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the sum to be allocated for Head 21 he reduced by $10 in respect of subhead 104*.

(* The same amendment also stood in the names of Mr Ng Yeow Chong, Mr J. F. Conceicao, Mr Lim Cheng Lock, and Madam Chan Choy Siong.)

Sir, in view of the very substantial amount of money involved under this Head, I wonder whether the Minister can inform this House of the progress made to date by the Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, and the Chartered Industries of Singapore Ltd. And also what is the rate of return, if any, on the amount invested in each case.

As regards Air Chartering Enterprises Pte. Ltd., can the Minister give full details of the management and operation of the company? Presumably more funds will be required very shortly to acquire the necessary aircraft and, if so, what is the amount involved for the purpose?

Sir, bearing in mind the growing number of Government agencies now in operation and in the course of being set up, I feel that the question of accountability of these agencies to Parliament in practice should be given the closest examination at this stage. As things stand at the moment, there appears to be no arrangement in force to keep Parliament informed of the progress made on new ventures embarked upon by these agencies from time to time. While an ordinary shareholder in a public company is sent an annual report by his company, Members of Parliament are denied this courtesy by most, if not all, of these agencies.

The Minister has fully explained in general the rationale behind the setting up of Government agencies, which is well appreciated and wholeheartedly supported by this House. However, there is, to my mind, the need for the performance and activities of these agencies to be kept under constant review by Parliament, so as to ensure that they will not veer from the objectives or purposes for which their setting up was intended, and that there is no unnecessary or unintended conflict of interests committed wittingly or unwittingly either with the public sector or with the private sector.

I have no doubt that all these aspects have not escaped the attention of the Minister, but to ensure the long-term continued accountability of these agencies to Parliament, perhaps some arrangement ought to be made at this stage for Parliament to receive periodical progress reports from them. In saying so, it is not my intention to suggest that Parliament should interfere with the work of the professionals or to impose unnecessary restrictions or limitations upon the activities of these agencies, as such a course of action will only hamper the healthy growth of such agencies.

Mr Ng Yeow Chong: Sir, I would like to touch on the sum of $70 million to be voted as a Joan to the Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.

Sir, it is indeed gratifying to note that since its operation last June, the Neptune Orient Lines has performed very well. However, the only setback is that it has not been accepted as a full member of the Far East Freight Conference. This being the case, its cargo ships are barred from conveying goods to and from Japan, whereas vessels of the other members of the Conference are allowed to enter Japanese ports to collect and discharge cargoes. With the advent of containerisation, it is vital for Singapore to venture into Japanese ports: otherwise she will not be able to make use of her future container ships for the Far East-Europe run.

It is learnt that the reason for the refusal of Neptune Orient Lines' entry as a full member of the Conference is that its performance has not yet come up to expectations. I understand that the Neptune Orient Lines' case to extend its services to Japan has been presented to the F.E.F.C., and negotiations have taken place in London last month.

Sir, it is our duty to safeguard the interests of the Neptune Orient Lines, as it involves the Government in a loan of $70 million. It is futile to possess a car without making full use of it. Likewise, having been accepted as a member of the F.E.F.C., it is considered unfair that the Neptune Orient Lines, as compared to other members, is not able to enjoy the full benefit of the rights. For instance, Japanese vessels have been permitted to carry Singapore cargoes to Europe; whereas the Neptune Orient Lines' vessels have been limited to transporting goods to and from Hong Kong only.

Sir, will the Minister be kind enough to inform this House of the outcome of the negotiations held in London in respect of the rights of the Neptune Orient Lines, and what appropriate steps is he contemplating to take in order to extend the services of the Neptune Orient Lines in future?

Mr Conceicao: Mr Speaker, Sir, I think it is good that enterprise in Singapore is so free that Government is also participating in it. The reasons for Government's participation cannot be sufficiently repeated. There have been expressions of some misgivings in certain quarters, but I hope I shall not be taken as being condescending in this case when I say that the Minister for Finance is to be congratulated on being absolutely sure that the people are under no misapprehensions regarding Government's attitude of fair treatment where Government's participation in private enterprise is concerned.

It is good that we should be engaged in this sort of enterprise -~ I am speaking merely as a layman so that we can encourage our people to turn their attention towards modern methods of management where business is concerned, and to turn from trading towards industries. Certainly the experience that we get in running these enterprises will stand us in good stead where managerial development of expertise in respect of such enterprises is concerned.

There are a whole host of reasons to justify our participation in commercial enterprises. But I would like to make this point, Mr Speaker, Sir,I hope I do not sound too priggish, or too much like the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, when I say that perhaps this matter could have been brought up here a little bit earlier.

Mr Lim Cheng Lock: Mr Speaker, Sir, we have read in the newspapers recently about the Jurong Bird Park. May I ask the Minister whether this is an economic proposition? And how is Jurong Bird Park Pte. Ltd, going to derive its revenue?

The Minister for Science and Technology (Dr Toh Chin Chye): By selling bird seeds!

Mr Sim Boon Woo: Mr Speaker, Sir, I have just a little doubt about the Neptune Orient Lines. Out of the $70 million loan asked for, $18.9 million will be "by way of purchase price and downpayment" for two Freedom-type vessels. I understand that the Neptune Orient Lines is negotiating with the Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries in Japan and, at the same time, with the Jurong Shipyard.

Sir, since we have a shipyard in the Republic ready to build ships, can the Minister tell us why we should not give the order to our own shipyard, instead of negotiating here and there?

Dr Goh Keng Swee: Sir, I am very pleased with the amount of interest generated among Members in the commercial ventures of the Government. Happily, these are all going on fairly well, and with good luck they ought to succeed, the Jurong Bird Park included.

As regards the Neptune Orient Lines, the position is as stated by the Member for Mountbatten in respect of our negotiations with the Far East Freight Conference.

Sir, the big shipping lines are owned by very powerful financial interests in very large and powerful countries. So when a small country like Singapore gets involved in the big league, I think we are under certain disabilities. Let us not assume that, in terms of financial resources or political power, we are of the same stature as big countries like the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, or the United States. Nevertheless, within our rather limited capabilities, we have obtained a certain amount of sailing rights from the F.E.F.C. At present we are allowed 12 sailings a year from June 1969 to July this year; one sailing a month from Hong Kong to Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Britain and Western Europe. As from July this year till the end of next year, the number of sailings will increase from 12 to 18, which is one sailing every three weeks instead of one sailing every month, with the proviso that sailings from Hong Kong will remain at 12 per year.

There are also some restrictions as regards cargo tonnage limitations, the types of cargoes, and so on, which Neptune Orient Lines can collect at various ports. These restrictions are covered by confidential agreement, and I am not at liberty to divulge them,

In February this year, negotiations took place with the object of getting for Neptune Orient Lines sailing rights from Japan, as far as Thailand, and also rights to collect cargo from South Thailand and East Malaysia. No agreement could be reached in the course of these negotiations, and a mediator will be sent to Singapore in April to consider Neptune Orient Lines' request for improved sailing rights.

4.00 p.m.

The company has now five freighters on the Far East run, one freighter on the Straits-Japan run, one tanker on world-wide charter, and one coaster carrying cargo in regional waters. The company also has a super tanker of 233,000 dead weight tons on order. This is in partnership with a Hong Kong company. So far the company has done reasonably well. It will be some time before the audited accounts for the first six months' operations are available, because in the nature of the business, accounts have to be collected, assembled and audited from the different ports of call. The final preparation and auditing of the company's accounts are more difficult and take longer time than would be the case of an ordinary commercial venture. However, because of the rather good trading conditions last year, the company has done much better than new shipping companies of this sort would normally do.

As regards the Chartered Industries of Singapore Ltd., again, this company has been performing reasonably well, its first year's operation shows a return of 18 per cent of capital invested.

Air Chartering Enterprises Pte. Ltd., a subject raised by the Member for Jalan Kayu, is a very small air cargo company. Its operation is limited to lifting cargo between Singapore and certain countries in the region. Whether it will expand beyond this modest operation is something I cannot say for certain.

The revenue from Jurong Bird Park Pte. Ltd, will be from gate receipts. I do not know whether this will be sufficient to pay for the operation costs. plus interest on the loan and depreciation of properties. However, as compared with other enterprises of this kind, for example, a zoological garden or a marineland, the great advantage of an aviary is that it does not cost much to feed birds. Furthermore, birds do breed and, given luck, some side income may even be generated from the sale of birds to other aviaries of the world.

Jurong Shipbuilders Ltd, will not be in production for some years. We have now under training in Japanese shipyards some 249 workers recruited by Jurong Shipbuilders Ltd., and the construction of the dock and quays will commence later this month. On the 21st of March, 1970, the directors expect to award tenders for the construction. This dockyard may be completed by April next year. But the company will be in full production only by the year 1975 when it is expected to build some six Freedom-type ships a year. Whether Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, will buy ships from Jurong Shipbuilders Ltd. I do not know. Presumably, if they need Freedom-type ships, which can carry both containers as well as general cargo, then they will give their business to Jurong Shipbuilders Ltd. But it is by no means obligatory on the company to buy ships from Jurong Shipbuilders Ltd., although one hopes they will do so.

As regards the accountability of our enterprises to Parliament, I think we should have a clear idea what accountability means. If it is a matter of providing information to Members of Parliament, of course, this can be done regularly at Question Time. If it is a matter of answering questions on matters arising from these enterprises or indeed any enterprises, then Ministers, of course, are available to give such information. But accountability to Parliament as a constitutional principle, I think, goes beyond this. It means that the operation of Government departments is open to detailed parliamentary inquiry either in the House itself or at meetings of the Public Accounts Committee, And, of course, Government enterprises of this nature are not accountable to Parliament in this sense. As the Member for Jalan Kayu has rightly pointed out, as these enterprises are of a commercial, business nature, they would be completely hobbled if they have to be controlled in detail by Parliament. Subject to this, of course, if at any time Members would like to have information on the progress of these industries, I will be most happy to give it to them.

Mr Hwang Soo Jin: I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

The sum of $105,750,000 for Head 21 ordered to stand part of the Second Supplementary Development Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970.

Question, "That the sum of $105,750,000 shall be supplied to the Government under the heads of expenditure for the public services shown in the Second Supplementary Development Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970, contained in Paper Cmd. 8 of 1970", put, and agreed to.

Resolution to be reported.

Thereupon Mr Speaker left the Chair of the Committee and took the Chair of the House.

Dr Goh Keng Swee: Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the Committee of Supply have come to certain resolutions.

Resolution, reported

"That the sum of $1,548,250 shall be supplied to the Government under the heads of expenditure for the public services shown in the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970, contained in Paper Cmd. 7 of 1970."

"That the sum of $105,750,000 shall be supplied to the Government under the heads of expenditure for the public services shown in the Second Supplementary Development Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1st January, 1969, to 31st March, 1970, contained in Paper Cmd, of 1970."

Dr Goh Keng Swee: Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that Parliament doth agree with the Committee on the said resolutions.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolutions accordingly agreed to.