EXEMPTED BUSINESS (Motion)

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

The Leader of the House (Mr Wong Kan Seng): Mr Speaker, Sir, under Standing Order No. 42(2), the motion for the adjournment of the House shall lapse at the moment of interruption. As the debate on the teaching of Chinese Language in Schools and the items of business appearing on the Order Paper for today are likely to go beyond the moment of interruption, may I therefore seek your consent and the general assent of Members present to move to exempt the motion for the adjournment of the House from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1.

Mr Speaker: I give my consent. Is it the pleasure of hon. Members that the motion be moved by the Leader of the House?

Hon. Members indicated assent.

Resolved,

That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 42(2), the motion for the adjournment shall not lapse at the moment of interruption and that the proceedings on the debate thereunder, and the items of business appearing on the Order Paper for today, be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1. - [Mr Wong Kan Seng].