EXEMPTED BUSINESS (Motion)

Parliament of Singapore · 25 July 1984 · 5th Parliament

Official Report, 25 July 1984, Vol 44, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr S. Dhanabalan): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the one hour allowed to the Prime Minister for his speech be extended by 60 minutes.

Mr Speaker: Sixty minutes?

Mr Dhanabalan: Yes, Sir.

Question put, "That the hour allowed to the Prime Minister for his speech be extended by another 60 minutes."

Mr Jeyaretnam: May I call for a Division on this?

Hon. Members: No.

Mr Speaker: To prevent further interruption from the Member for Anson, I suggest we give the Prime Minister another 15 minutes as provided by the Standing Order.

Resolved,

That the hour allowed to the Prime Minister for his speech be extended by 15 minutes.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 25 July 1984. Republished on SGParliament.