RECLAMATION AT TERUMBU RETAN LAUT

4.11 p.m.

The Minister for Law and National Development (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the motion* standing in my name 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 reclamation by Government of those portions of the foreshores and seabed at Terumbu Retan Laut, containing a total area of approximately 37 acres as shown coloured pink on the plan marked "LAND OFFICE RECLAXMATION PLAN NO. 3/74" which is deposited in the Land Office, Singapore.')

Sir, you may recall that this House in November, 1973, approved the reclamation of a total area of approximately 32.3 acres of the foreshores and seabed at Pulau Hantu and Sisters Islands as shown coloured pink on plans marked as "LAND OFFICE RECLAXMATION PLAN NO. 12/73" and "LAND OFFICE RECLAMATION PLAN NO. 13/73" respectively, copies of which are displayed in the Library of this House.

The Port of Singapore Authority now proposes to develop Terumbu Retan Laut. For this purpose, it is proposed to reclaim approximately 37 acres of the foreshore and seabed of Terumbu Retan Laut as shown coloured pink on the plan marked as "LAND OFFICE RECLAMATION PLAN NO. 3/74", a copy of which is also displayed in the Library of this House for the information of hon. Members. Fill for the reclamation will be obtained by dredging parts of the reef to form the marina and from the nearby navigational channels.

The cost of the reclamation including foreshore protection, which is estimated at $7.3 million, will be borne by the Authority. This reclamation is expected to take about two years to complete.

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 reclamation by Government of those portions of the foreshores and seabed at Terumbu Retan Laut, containing a total area of approximately 37 acres as shown coloured pink on the plan marked "LAND OFFICE RECLAMATION PLAN NO. 3/74" which is deposited in the Land Office, Singapore.