TIME LIMIT FOR SPEECHES (Suspension of Standing Orders)

The Leader of the House (Mr Wong Kan Seng): Mr Speaker, Sir, may I seek your consent and the general assent of the Members present to move that the proceedings on the item under discussion be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No. 45, so as to remove the time limit and enable the Minister for Finance to adequately reply to all the points raised by Members?

Mr Speaker: I give my consent. Does the Leader of the House have the general assent of Members to move the motion?

Hon. Members indicated assent.

Resolved,

That the proceedings on the item under discussion be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No. 45 in respect of the reply to be made by the Minister for Finance. - [Mr Wong Kan Seng].