JALAN UBI (Making up of portion between Pan Island Expressway and Airport Road)

Tuan Haji Mohd. Ariff Bin Suradi asked the Minister for Law and National Development when that portion of Jalan Ubi from the Pan Island Expressway to Airport Road will be made up similar to the other portion between the Expressway and Changi Road.

The Minister for Law and National Development (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, the Public Works Department will widen and improve that portion of Jalan Ubi between the Pan-Island Expressway and Airport Road sometime in the middle of this year. The road will be widened to have a carriageway of about 22 feet, and the total cost will be in the region of $100,000.

Tuan Haji Mohd. Ariff: (In Malay): Sir, can the Minister expedite the development of the road, in view of the present bad state of the road?

Mr Barker: Sir, roads take time to build. We will do our best to expedite it. But I do not think the time I gave can be shortened, as it will take at least six months to a year for the completion of the job.

Tuan Haji Mohd. Ariff: (In Malay): Sir, if my memory serves me right, I brought this question up last year.

Mr Barker: Sir, it is true that the Member raised this question sometime last year. But this portion of the road does not go through Kampong Kembangan constituency alone. There are other M.P.s involved and, in fact, one of them asked me to go slow.

Tuan Haji Mohd. Ariff: (In Malay): Sir, can the Minister tell the House which Member of Parliament has asked him to go slow?

Mr Barker: It is not necessary to name the Member of Parliament, but the fact is that one did.