TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE BILL

"to provide for the merger of the Singapore Telephone Board established under the Singapore Telephone Board Act (Chapter 85 of the Revised Edition) and the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore established under the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, 1972 (No. 2 of 1972) into a single body corporate to be known as the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (hereinafter called "the Authority") and for the exclusive exercise, performance, administration and regulation by the Authority of functions relating to the provision of overseas and domestic telecommunication services; and for the transfer to and the vesting in the Authority of the staff, functions, assets, liabilities, services and telecommunication and other undertakings of the aforesaid statutory bodies; and to repeal the Singapore Telephone Board Act and the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, 1972; and for matters incidental thereto",

presented by the Minister of State for Communications (Dr Ang Kok Peng); read the First time, to be read a Second time on the next available silting of Parliament, and to be printed.