CIVIL LIST

The Minister for Finance (Mr Hon Sui Sen): Sir, I beg to move,

That this Parliament pursuant to section 7 of the Civil List and Pension Act (Chapter 52) resolves that the Schedule to the said Act be varied by deleting the figures "$10,000", "$390,000" and "$84,000" appearing in the second column thereof and substituting therefor the figures "$15,000", `S508,620" and "$108,680" respectively.

The amount of provision approved under the Civil List is insufficient to meet the increasing expenses of the President resulting from the take-over of Command House, increasing expenses of the Household on public utility services, telephone rentals, printing, stores and maintenance of Istana Domain, and the additional expenditure in hosting of functions.

It is, therefore, necessary to augment the provision for "Entertainment Expenses" from $10,000 to $15,000; the provision for "Salaries of Personal Staff" from $390,000 to $508,620; and the provision for "Expenses of Household" from X84,000 to $108,680.

Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this Parliament pursuant to section 7 of the Civil List and Pension Act (Chapter 52) resolves that the Schedule to the said Act be varied by deleting the figures "$10,,000", "$390,000" and "$84,000" appearing in the second column thereof and substituting therefor the figures "$15,000", "S508,620" and "$108,680" respectively.