FIRES,1975-77

Parliament of Singapore · 31 January 1978 · 4th Parliament

Official Report, 31 January 1978, Vol 37, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ahmad MattarHwang Soo Jin
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Mr Hwang Soo Jin asked the Minister for Social Affairs if he will state (a) the number of fires in 1977 involving (i) industrial premises; (ii) commercial premises; and (iii) residential premises; and (b) the estimated economic wastage in terms of properties lost; and if he will give the comparative figures for 1976 and 1975.

Dr Ahmad Mattar: The statistics requested by the Member for Jalan Kayu are given below: Number of Fires in Estimated Year loss of Industrial Commercial Residential properties premises premises premises 1975 122 118 428 $15,139,138 1976 67 63 179 $19,303,094 1977 107 44 597 $18,889,813

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 31 January 1978. Republished on SGParliament.