PROPERTIES RETURNED TO OWNERS AFTER ACQUISITION

Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam asked the Minister for Law if he will list out the various instances from 1965 in which properties had been returned to their registered owners after declaration for their acquisition had been made under the Land Acquisition Act, giving in each case the address of the properties and the name/names of the person/persons to whom the properties were returned.

Mr E.W. Barker: Government acquisitions of land have been numerous and extensive. The number of properties returned to their owners after acquisition have been few. However, the information asked for in respect of these properties covers a period of nearly two decades. A search has to be made, This will take some time and the information will be provided as soon as it is available.

[Following is the information subsequently provided]

Since 1959 a total of 95 lots of private land which were gazetted for acquisition, were subsequently withdrawn for various reasons. The number of lots withdrawn from acquisition, from 1965, is 43. The addresses of the properties and the names of the owners to whom the properties were returned, in these 43 cases, are listed hereunder. 1. Lot 96pt Mk 21 Ponggol Road The Bishop of Malacca 2. Lot 30-25 Mk 23 Paya Lebar Estate of Lim Lip Chong 3. Lot 30-52 Mk 23 Paya Lebar Estate of Lim Lip Chong 4. Lot 30-34 Mk 23 Paya Lebar Tan Jeng Chong 5. Lot 31-4 Mk 23 Paya Lebar Ang Oon Her 6. Lot 30-37 Mk 23 Paya Lebar Goh Ngia Lee 7. Lot 29-10 Mk 23 Paya Lebar Ng Siew Siong 8. Lot 147-48 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 9. Lot 147-50 MK 23 Paya Lebar ) Goh Seng Choo 10. Lot 147-52 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 11. Lot 147-85 Mk 23 Paya Lebar Sam Daniel Francis 12. Lot 45 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 13. Lot 46-8 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 14. Lot 147-91 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 15. Lot 147-93 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 16. Lot 147-95 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 17. Lot 147-157 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 18. Lot 147-158 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 19. Lot 143-1 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) Tan Lark Sye 20. Lot 143-2 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 21. Lot 143-3 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 22. Lot 46-5 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 23. Lot 46-6 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 24. Lot 46-7 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 25. Lot 147-92 Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 26. Lot 45pt Mk 23 Paya Lebar ) 27. Lot 24-5 Mk 28 Upper Changi Mary Tan & Khan Tat Inn Trustees of "Chee Tor Un" Temple 28. Lot 9 Mk 8 Choa Chu Kang Aw Ah Kee 29. Lot 34-22 Mk 27 Upper Chee Ah Kin Changi Road Chew Nam 30. Lot 322-2 Mk 17 Toa Payoh ) Chew Khiam Siong 31. Lot 322-7 Mk 17 Toa Payoh ) 32. Lot 187 Mk 5 West Coast Road Omar b Hadjee Suleiman Dahran b Hadjee Osman and Marhabi b Mat Sarip 33. Lot 322 Mk 1 Telok Blangah Khoo Teck Chuan 34. Lot 28-16 Mk 1 Telok Blangah Tan Cheng Eng 35. Lot 28-49 Mk 1 Henderson Road Singapore Glass Manufacturers Co Ltd. 36. Lot 34 Mk 1 Henderson Road Wee Soon Chuan 37. Lot 12-57 Mk 15 Sime Road ) Trustees of Singapore 38. Lot 12-48 Mk 15 Sime Road ) Island Country Club 39. Lot 64 Mk 15 Sime Road Woo San Yin 40. Lot 78-2 TS 1 Philip Street Matterhorn (Pte) Ltd 41. Lot 345 TS 3 Maxwell Road Lim Yew Hock Abdul Rahman Sahib (S/o Koya Sahib) Sarangapany Maideen (s/o Achukatty Nagore) the Umar Pulavar Tamil School

PROPERTIES RETURNED TO OWNERS AFTER ACQUISITION (cont.)

42. Lot 8-14 Mk 22 Upper Ching Khye Loke and Serangoon Road Chong Luan Yuen 43. Lot 8-15 Mk 22 Upper Ang Soon Teck Serangoon Road