JETTY AT KRANJI INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

6.04 p.m.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for National Development (Mr Ho Cheng Choon): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the motion* standing in the name of the Minister for Law and National Development, as it appears on the Order Paper.

• The motion reads as follows:

`That this Parliament, in accordance with section 4 of the Foreshores Act (Chapter 270), approves the construction by Government of a jetty within the foreshore at Kranji Industrial Estate as shown coloured red on the plan marked "LAND OFFICE PLAN NO. 2/74", which is deposited in the Land Office, Singapore.'

Sir, hon. Members will recall that in June, 1965, this House approved the reclamation of about 213 acres of the swamp land in Kranji for development by the Jurong Town Corporation as an industrial estate for sawmilling. On completion of the reclamation, the reclaimed land was proclaimed as State land on 13th August, 1971, and subsequently alienated to the Jurong Town Corporation for 99 years to enable the Corporation, in turn, to sub-lease the land to the various sawmilling operators on 30-year leases.

The land shown edged in red on the plan marked as "LAND OFFICE PLAN NO. 2/74", a copy of which is displayed in the Library of this House for the information of Members, is one of the lots sub-leased by the Corporation to Kwang Maw Sawmill Limited. The Corporation has now applied for approval to construct a jetty measuring about 430 feet by 25 feet terminating in a platform about 50 feet by 50 feet as shown coloured red on the plan, to be used in conjunction with the sawmilling and woodworking operations of Kwang Maw Sawmill Limited.

On approval of the construction of this jetty being given by this House, the Land Office will issue a foreshore lease to the Corporation pursuant to section 9 of the Foreshores Act (Chapter 270).

Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this Parliament, in accordance with section 4 of the Foreshores Act (Chapter 270), approves the construction by Government of a jetty within the foreshore at Kranji industrial Estate as shown coloured red on the plan marked "LAND OFFICE PLAN NO. 2/74", which is deposited in the Land Office, Singapore.