Oral Reply (Dewan Rakyat), 1st Malaysian Parliament

The Oral Reply made by the government ministers during the 1st Malaysian Parliament (1959 -1964) in Dewan Rakyat are compiled accordingly, as presented below.

1st Malaysian Parliament, Dewan Rakyat (11 September 1959 - 1 March 1964)

Session	Meeting	Date
1st Session (11 September 1959 - 24 February 1960)	1st Meeting (11 September 1959 - 14 December 1959)	11 Sep 12 Sep 25 Nov § 25 Nov 1959, Wednesday 26 Nov 27 Nov 28 Nov 30 Nov 1 Dec 2 Dec 3 Dec 4 Dec 5 Dec 7 Dec 8 Dec 9 Dec 14 Dec
	2nd Meeting (22 February 1960 - 24 February 1960)	22 Feb § 22 Feb 1960, Monday 23 Feb § 23 Feb 1960, Tuesday 24 Feb § 24 Feb 1960, Wednesday
2nd Session (20 April 1960 - 11 February 1961)	1st Meeting (20 April 1960 - 22 December 1960)	20 Apr 21 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr 25 Apr 26 Apr 27 Apr 28 Apr 29 Apr 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 8 Aug 9 Aug 10 Aug 11 Aug 12 Aug 12 Sep 13 Sep 14 Sep 29 Sep 30 Nov 1 Dec 2 Dec 3 Dec 6 Dec 7 Dec 8 Dec 9 Dec 10 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec
	2nd Meeting (6 February 1961 - 11 February 1961)	6 Feb 7 Feb 8 Feb 9 Feb 10 Feb 11 Feb
3rd Session (20 April 1961 - 31 January 1962)	1st Meeting (20 April 1961 - 21 December 1961)	20 Apr 21 Apr 22 Apr 24 Apr 25 Apr 26 Apr 27 Apr 28 Apr 29 Apr 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 Aug 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Dec
	2nd Meeting (8 January 1962 - 31 January 1962)	8 Jan 9 Jan 10 Jan 11 Jan 12 Jan 13 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Jan
4th Session (26 April 1962 - 13 March 1963)	1st Meeting (26 April 1962 - 22 December 1962)	26 Apr 27 Apr 28 Apr 30 Apr 1 May 2 May 25 Jun 26 Jun 14 Aug 15 Aug 16 Aug 28 Sep 29 Sep 30 Sep 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 1 Dec 3 Dec 4 Dec 5 dec 6 Dec 7 Dec 8 Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec
	2nd Meeting (11 March 1963 - 13 March 1963)	11 Mar 12 Mar 13 Mar
5th Session (23 May 1963 - 11 January 1964)	1st Meeting (23 May 1963 - 31 December 1963)	23 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 12 Aug 13 Aug 14 Aug 15 Aug 16 Aug 17 Aug 19 Aug 20 Aug 21 Aug 22 Aug 23 Aug 24 Aug 2 Nov 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 23 Dec 24 Dec 26 Dec 27 Dec 28 Dec 30 Dec 31 Dec
	2nd Meeting (2 January 1964 - 11 January 1964)	2 Jan 3 Jan 4 Jan 6 Jan 7 Jan 8 Jan 9 Jan 10 Jan 11 Jan

1^st Session (11 Sep 1959 - 24 Feb 1960)

1^st Meeting (11 Sep 1959 - 14 Dec 1960)

25 Nov 1959, Wednesday

Question No. 1: Committee to Review Educational Policy (1956)

Question No. 1: Committee to Review Educational Policy (1956)

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Chan Swee Ho	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.049 Ulu Kinta	Asks the Minister of Education to state: (a) When the Government proposes to appoint a Committee to review the present Education Policy; (b) Whether in drawing up the terms of reference for any such Committee the Government will bear in mind the Constitutional right and duty of the Federal Government to preserve and sustain the use and study of the languages of all communities in the Federation of Malaya; (c) Whether the Government will include in any such Committee representatives of all Political Parties and of organisations representative of Chinese and Indian educationalists in the Federation.	Question
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	(a) Kerajaan akan menubuhkan Jawatakuasa Ulang Kaji iaitu dengan secepat mungkin dan saya berharap Jawatankuasa ini akan ditubuhkan sebelum persidangan Parlimen akan datang. (b) Ya. Setakat yang terkandung dalam Fasal 152 Perlembagaan Persekutuan. (c) Semua badan siasah dan pelajaran dan lain-lain adalah dipelawa memberi pendapat-pendapat, syor-syor dan sebagainya untuk timbangan Jawatankuasa itu.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Nampak saya, Menteri Pelajaran tidak menjawab pertanyaan 1(c) pertanyaan kiranya Kerajaan akan memasukkan ahli daripada parti siasah di dalam Jawatankuasa ini.	Supplementary Question 1 (in Malay)
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Tuan Speaker, Kerajaan belum lagi menentukan corak Jawatankuasa itu.	Oral Reply (in Malay)

Question No. 2: Declaration of Assets by Ministers

Question No. 2: Declaration of Assets by Ministers

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.050 Ipoh	Asks the Prime Minister to state whether the Government intends to introduce legislation to require Ministers and Assistant Ministers to declare their assets before taking office.	Question
Tunku Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Prime Minister	P.007 Kuala Kedah	Sir, ever since Council Paper No. 72 of 1954 was tabled in the Legislative Council, the rule has been strictly observed whereby Members of the Government. which include Ministers and Assistant Ministers, on taking office have to declare and they are required to declare their assets. It is therefore superfluous to introduce any legislation for this purpose.	Oral Reply
D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.050 Ipoh	On a point of information, are those declarations available to anybody except the government?	Supplementary Question 1
Tunku Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Prime Minister	P.007 Kuala Kedah	I would like to know the reason for the request. I have nothing to hide from Honourable Members if Honourable Members want to examine my assets. But I do not know whether my Honourable colleagues would like to show their assets.	Oral Reply
D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.050 Ipoh	Sir, as a matter of interest...

Question No. 3: Immigration - Application for Re-entry

Question No. 3: Immigration - Application for Re-entry

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.050 Ipoh	Under Standing Order 24(2) asks the Minister of External Affairs to state: (a) Whether the Government has received applications for reentry from persons who left the Federation for China shortly before Merdeka; (b) The number of such applications which have been received and the number which have been granted; (c) Whether the Government will consider lifting the ban on the re-entry of students and others who left the Federation for China shortly before Merdeka but who now desire to return and reside permanently in the Federation.	Question
Dato' Dr. Ismail bin Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of External Affairs	P.102 Johore Timor	(a) Yes. (b) I am afraid that no separate figures are available of applications for entry of persons who left the Federation for China shortly before Merdeka. A comparatively small number of such applications have been received. Such applications are dealt with in the light of the Immigration (Prohibition of Entry) Order. (c) No.	Oral Reply

Question No. 4: Orang-orang Tahanan

Question No. 4: Orang-orang Tahanan

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Encik Ahmad Boestamam	PRM	Member of Parliament	P.070 Setapak	Minta kepada Menteri Pertahanan untuk menerangkan: (a) Berapakah jumlahnya orang-orang yang masih berada lagi dalam tahanan darurat (i) lelaki (ii) perempuan? (b) Berapa orangkah di antaranya (i) Melayu (ii) Cina (iii) India (iv) lain-lain bangsa? (c) Berapa orangkah di antaranya (i) yang ditangkap oleh Kerajaan Kolonial Inggeris (ii) yang ditangkap oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu? (d) Adakah Kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu sekarang menganggap orang-orang tahanan yang ditangkap oleh Kerajaan Kolonial Inggeris dulu dan yang masih ditahan lagi masa ini sebagai orang-orang tahanan tangkapannya sendiri? (e) Adakah Kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu bermaksud hendak membicarakan orang-orang tahanan yang ditangkapnya sendiri dalam mahkamah terbuka?	Question (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	(a) Please refer to Table 1 and 2. (b) Please refer to Table 1. (c) Please refer to Table 2. (d) Seseorang itu ditahan oleh sebab difikirkan iaitu merbahaya kepada keselamatan negeri dan tidaklah dikira selama ditahan sebelum atau lepas Merdeka. (e) Saya telah pun menjawab perkara ini pada masa menjawab pertanyaan 90(f) yang bertulis iaitu Kerajaan tidak bercadang hendak membawa seseorang yang ditahan dibicarakan ke dalam Mahkamah. Seseorang itu ditahan di bawah Undang-Undang Darurat bukan semata-mata ia ada membuat kesalahan tertentu, tetapi ditahan juga jika difikirkan ada sebab-sebab yang munasabah yang menunjukkan bahawa orang itu jika tidak ditahan, dia akan memberi pertolongan kepada musuh-musuh negara Persekutuan ini.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Zulkiflee Muhammad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.019 Bachok	Menurut Peraturan Darurat, apakah sebabnya orang-orang yang ditahan itu tidak dibawa ke dalam Mahkamah?	Supplementary Question 1 (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Menurut Peraturan Darurat, orang yang ditahan itu tidak dibawa ke dalam Mahkamah.	Oral Reply (in Malay)

Table 1: Bilangan orang dalam tahanan

Bangsa	Lelaki	Perempuan	Jumlah
Melayu	2	0	2
Cina	93	17	110
India	5	0	5
Lain-lain	0	0	0
Jumlah	100	17	117

Table 2: Perincian Orang-orang Tahanan mengikut Masa Ditangkap

Masa Ditangkap	Lelaki	Perempuan	Jumlah
Bilangan orang yang ditahan sebelum Merdeka (31 August 1957)	6	2	8
Bilangan orang yang ditahan lepas Merdeka	94	15	109
Jumlah	100	17	117

Question No. 5: Railway Accommodation - Third Class Sleeping Berths

Question No. 5: Railway Accommodation - Third Class Sleeping Berths

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Cheng Bee	MCA	Member of Parliament	P.031 Bagan	Asks the Minister of Transport whether Government proposes to provicie sleeping berths for third class passengers in the Malayan Railway and. if not, whether the Government will cause investigations to be made into the feasibility and the desirability of making such provision.	Question
Encik Sardon bin Haji Jubir	UMNO	Minister of Transport	P.097 Pontian Utara	The provision of sleeping berths for third class passengers on the Malayan Railway has been investigated and my predecessor indeed inspected in Sentul Works a mock-up of a possible layout for a third class sleeping coach. The commercial intelligence available to the Railway Administration suggests that the third class travelling public might not be able to afford the supplement that would have to be charged to make it an economical proposition. But we are trying to find an economical solution, and these efforts will be pursued.	Oral Reply
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Would it surprise the Honourable Minister to know that there is a demand for third class sleeping berth accommodation?	Supplementary Question 1
Encik Sardon bin Haji Jubir	UMNO	Minister of Transport	P.097 Pontian Utara	I would not be surprised, but anyway I am looking into the whole matter.	Oral Reply

Question No. 6, 7 and 8: Permatang Pauh Bridge

Question No. 6: Permatang Pauh Bridge

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Cheng Bee	MCA	Member of Parliament	P.031 Bagan	Asks the Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications, whether the provision has been made for the construction of a permanent bridge to replace the pontoon bridge at Permatang Pauh, Province Wellesley. and if so, when it is expected to be completed; if not whether the Government will give an assurance that necessary repairs be effected to the pontoon bridge without any delay so that the maximurn weight permitted over the bridge may be increased to at least 10 tons.	Question
Dato' V. T. Sambanthan	MIC	Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications	P.046 Sungei Siput	Sir, the project is for inclusion in the next Development Plan and in the meantime repairs to the pontoon bridge are being made, and it is hoped that the weight of vehicles permitted to go over the bridge will be increased to 10 tons within the period of the next two weeks.	Oral Reply

Question No. 7: Permatang Pauh Bridge

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Veerathan Veerappen	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.033 Seberang Selatan	Asks the Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications, to state what steps, if any, the Government is taking to improve the present make-shift arrangements at the Permatang Pauh Pontoon Bridge across the Prai River on the Federal trunk road in Province Wellesley	Question
Dato' V. T. Sambanthan	MIC	Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications	P.046 Sungei Siput	I would refer the Honourable member to the answer which I gave just now (in § Question No. 6, 7 and 8: Permatang Pauh Bridge), which answers this question.	Oral Reply

Question No. 8: Permatang Pauh Bridge

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Veerathan Veerappen	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.033 Seberang Selatan	Asks the Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications, to state whether there is any plan to build a permanent bridge across the river at or around this place and, if so, when.	Question
Dato' V. T. Sambanthan	MIC	Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications	P.046 Sungei Siput	Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would again refer the Honourable member to the answer (in § Question No. 6, 7 and 8: Permatang Pauh Bridge) just given which also answers this part of the question.	Oral Reply
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat	I beg to enquire from the Honourable Minister whether he is aware Question No. 6 is quite different from Questions No. 7 and 8 and that therefore the answer given to No. 7 would not reply Question No. 6.	Interruption from another Member
Dato' V. T. Sambanthan	MIC	Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications	P.046 Sungei Siput	Mr. Speaker, I would remind the Honourable member that we are dealing with Question No. 8	Oral Reply
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat	I am sorry, Sir. I mean that the answer to Question No. 7 has no reference to Question No. 8; one is about the make-shift bridge and the other about the permanent bridge.	Interruption from another Member
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	The Honourable member wants answer to Question No. 8 in connection with the permanent bridge.	Instruction of the Speaker
Dato' V. T. Sambanthan	MIC	Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications	P.046 Sungei Siput	Yes Sir. I already mentioned in my answer to Question No. 6, to which I referred the Honourable Mr. V. Veerappen, that the bridge is for inclusion in the next development plan. He wanted to know when a permanent bridge would be put up and that precisely was the answer	Oral Reply
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Will the Honourable Minister say when the next development plan would be pursued.	Supplementary Question 1
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat	Sir, I wanted to ask the same question.	Supplementary Question 1 seconded
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Will the Honourable Minister say when will be the next development plan?	Supplementary Question 1 repeated
Dato' V. T. Sambanthan	MIC	Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications	P.046 Sungei Siput	It is under consideration. The development plan will be announced soon, in due course - for 1961-1964.	Oral Reply
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	May I take it that the Honourable Minister means the development plan next to the present one which is going to be discussed now that is, in another five years time.	Supplementary Question 2
Dato' V. T. Sambanthan	MIC	Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications	P.046 Sungei Siput	Precisely Sir. The development plan is the one which is not tabled now. It will be the next one	Oral Reply
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	So the next one will be in five years time.	Supplementary Question 3
Dato' V. T. Sambanthan	MIC	Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications	P.046 Sungei Siput	I think the presumption is quite out of order, Sir.	Oral Reply

Question No. 9: Nanyang University (Singapore) Degrees - Recognition

Question No. 9: Nanyang University (Singapore) Degrees - Recognition

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Veerathan Veerappen	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.033 Seberang Selatan	Asks the Minister of Education to state: (a) what are the factors holding back the Government from recognising the degrees conferred by the Nanyang University of Singapore. (b) whether any of the "Nanta" graduates, who are Federal Citizens, will be considered for appointment in the Government Service.	Question
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	(a) Tidaklah menjadi amalan atau pun tugas Kerajaan mengiktirafkan secara umum dan rasmi segala ijazah yang diberikan oleh sekolah-sekolah terutama sekali jika sekolah itu dari negeri asing. Semua Kerajaan boleh dan pernah melakukan iaitu menilai darjat sesuatu ijazah berhubung dengan jawatan-jawatan yang tertentu di dalam perkhidmatan Kerajaan. Penilaian yang seumpama itu biasanya didasarkan kepada degree ataupun ijazah yang dianugerahkan oleh University Malaya. (b) Semua warga negara Persekutuan boleh dipertimbangkan bekerja di dalam perkhidmatan Kerajaan dengan syarat kelulusan mereka sesuai dengan pekerjaan yang diperlukan oleh Kerajaan.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Mr. Veerathan Veerappen	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.033 Seberang Selatan	Mr. Speaker, I couldn't get the full meaning of the reply.	Interruption from another Member
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	You should have used the earphone.	Instruction of the Speaker
Mr. Veerathan Veerappen	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.033 Seberang Selatan	Can't get anything, Sir.	Interruption from another Member
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Would I be right in assuming that the Deputy Rime Minister a few weeks back, with reference to the recognition of degrees of the Nanyang University, said that they could not be recognised because it was a foreign University?	Supplementary Question 1
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	I don't think that that was the correct version of what I said.	Oral Reply from another Minister
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Would the Deputy Prime Minister say what is the correct version?	Supplementary Question 2
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	That is not the question before the House.	Oral Reply from another Minister

Question No. 10: Report of Special Advisory Committee on Cost of Living Indices

Question No. 10: Report of Special Advisory Committee on Cost of Living Indices

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. David S. Vethamuthu	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.071 Bungsar	Asks the Prime Minister if he is now in a position to authorise publication of the Report of the Special Advisory Committee on Cost-of-Living Indices; and if not, if he would accelerate this event.	Question
Tunku Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Prime Minister	P.007 Kuala Kedah	The Report of the Special Advisory Committee on Cost of Living Indices is laid on the Table as Command Paper No. 15.	Oral Reply

Question No. 11: United Nations' General Assembly

Question No. 11: United Nations' General Assembly

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. David S. Vethamuthu	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.071 Bungsar	Asks the Prime Minister to state the method of selection of delegates to sessions of the United Nations General Assembly and why no trade union representative was included in Malaya's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly last September.	Question
Tunku Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Prime Minister	P.007 Kuala Kedah	The delegates who represent the Government at meetings of the United Nations General Assembly are chosen for their suitability to speak on behalf of the Government on items which are to be included in the agenda. The matters on which the trade union representatives arc particularly qualified to speak are normally dealt with at meetings of one or other United Nations Specialised Agencies such as the International Labour Organisation. The Federation's Delegation to the Plenary Sessions of the International Labour Organisation always include a trade union representative.	Oral Reply

Question No. 12: Taman Asohan R.I.D.A.

Question No. 12: Taman Asohan R.I.D.A.

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Puan Che Khadijah binti Mohamed Sidik	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.028 Dungun	Minta kepada Timbalan Perdana Menteri menerangkan: (a) berapakah jumlah wang yang telah dibelanjakan bagi Taman Asohan R.I.D.A. bahagian wanita mulai dari penubuhannya hingga sekarang; (b) berapa banyakkah wanita-wanita yang telah terlatih daripada Taman itu? Terangkan dari negeri-negeri mana tiap-tiap tahun daripada mula penubuhannya hingga sekarang; (c) adakah Kerajaan menyimpan catatan kemajuan setiap orang yang telah terlatih di Taman itu setelah dia balik ke kampungnya? Jika ada, apakah jadinya kepada kebanyakan mereka di daerahnya di dalam erti kata kemajuan wanita.	Question (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Tuan Speaker, oleh sebab jawapan ini terlalu panjang, maka saya minta kebenaran supaya dapat diedarkan salinan kepada Ahli-Ahli Yang Berhormat.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Othman bin Abdullah	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.023 Tanah Merah	Tuan Speaker, walaupun jawapan ini dikemukakan secara bersurat dan akan diedarkan, apakah salahnya, Yang di-Pertua, walaupun memakan masa yang panjang, supaya Ahli Yang Berhormat menerangkan apakah yang sebenarnya berlaku dalam soal yang ke-12 (Question No. 12, 25 Nov 1959) ini. Dari itu walaupun memakan masa yang panjang, maka biarlah kita dengar jawapannya yang sebenar.	Supplementary Question 1 (in Malay)
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Saya benarkan boleh dijawab dengan bertulis.	Instruction from the Speaker (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	(a) Taman Asohan R.I.D.A. itu telah siap dibina dalam tahun 1956 dan belanja membinanya berjumlah $ 280,000 (in Malaya and British Borneo dollar). Perbelanjaan menjalankan Taman Asohan itu berjumlah $336,438 atau $230 bagi setiap orang pelatih. (b) Please refer to Table 3. (c) Catatan berkenaan orang-orang yang telah berlatih ada disimpan oleh Lembaga Kemajuan Kampung dan Perusahaan. Pada masa ini, tujuan latihan itu ialah hendak mengajar orang-orang perempuan ini urusan rumah tangga, sukatan makanan yang betul, memelihara anak-anak kecil dan juga ekonomi rumah tangga supaya mereka boleh menjadi contoh teladan kepada jiran-jiran mereka di kampung. Maka dengan jalan ini dapatlah mereka beransur-ansur menolong mengelokkan lagi keadaan orang-orang di kampung mereka itu. Pada masa ini ada suatu kursus yang baru yang diajarkan selama tiga (3) kumpulan pelatih sahaja yang telah mengambil kursus ini. Dengan sebab yang demikian belumlah dapat lagi di agak sejauh manakah kursus itu telah mendatangkan faedah di kampung mereka itu. Faedah-faedah daripada kursus yang seumpama ini hanya boleh didapati dengan beransur-ansur. Walau bagaimanapun, kursus-kursus ini adalah suatu cara untuk menolong orang-orang kampung mengelokkan keadaan mereka dengan jalan memakan makanan yang lebih banyak zat dan menjaga kesihatan mereka dan hidup dengan lebih sempurna.	Written Reply (in Malay)

Table 3: Pelatih-Pelatih yang telah Mengambil Kursus Ekonomi Rumah Tangga di Taman Asohan R.I.D.A.

Negeri	1956	1957	1958	1959 (sehingga 25 Nov 1959)	Jumlah
Johor	41	72	20	9	142
Kedah	34	69	15	20	138
Kelantan	44	80	21	14	159
Melaka	25	49	12	11	97
Negeri Sembilan	42	86	22	14	164
Pahang	43	78	20	7	148
Pulau Pinang	21	38	10	16	85
Perak	41	80	20	24	165
Perlis	21	39	8	8	76
Selangor	39	79	21	9	148
Terengganu	42	79	10	11	142
Jumlah	393	749	179	143	1,464
Peringatan:Dalam tahun 1956, 1957 dan pada sebahagian tahun 1958 tempoh kursus itu hanyalah selama sebulan sahaja, selepas itu kursus itu telah dilanjutkan tempohnya hingga tiga (3) bulan.

Question No. 13: Pelajaran Agama Islam (Guru-Guru)

Question No. 13: Pelajaran Agama Islam (Guru-Guru)

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Tuan Haji Hasan Adli bin Haji Arshad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.026 Kuala Trengganu Utara	Minta kepada Menteri Pelajaran menerangkan mengarah kepada Penyata Jawatankuasa Pelajaran 1956, ceraian 121 (Bab X) yang berbunyi "Kami cadangkan di dalam barang mana sekolah jika muridnya tidak kurang daripada lima belas (15) orang yang beragama Islam, pelajaran agama yang diberikan kepada mereka itu hendaklah dengan belanja Kerajaan", maka berapakah sehingga ini jumlah guru-guru Agama Islam yang telah ditugaskan mengajar dengan gaji Kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, dalam Sekolah-Sekolah Inggeris bahagian darjah-darjah rendah, dan berapa dalam bahagian darjah-darjah menengah?	Question (in Malay)
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Sehingga masa ini, 104 orang guru bekerja mengajar Pelajaran Agama Islam di dalam sekolah-sekolah rendah dan menengah Inggeris yang mendapat bantuan penuh daripada Kerajaan. Selain daripada itu ada juga guru-guru yang mengajar sambilan-sambilan. Sebahagian dari guru-guru ini dibayar gaji oleh Kementerian Pelajaran dan yang lain itu ditanggung oleh Jabatan Agama Negeri.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Zulkiflee Muhammad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.019 Bachok	Yang di-Pertua, berapa banyak yang ditanggung oleh Kerajaan Negeri dan berapa banyak tanggungan Kerajaan Persekutuan supaya jelas?	Supplementary Question 1 (in Malay)
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Saya berkehendakkan notis di atas soalan ini.	Oral Reply (in Malay)

Question No. 14: Asrama Sekolah Kerajaan

Question No. 14: Asrama Sekolah Kerajaan

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Tuan Haji Hasan Adli bin Haji Arshad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.026 Kuala Trengganu Utara	Minta kepada Menteri Pelajaran menerangkan dalam menerima penuntut-penuntut untuk tinggal di Hostel Sekolah Kerajaan, adakah pihak Kerajaan telah membuat suatu dasar iaitu anak-anak Mata-Mata dan Askar harus diberikan lebih dahulu "keutamaan" untuk mendapatnya, di samping memberikan timbangan yang adil kepada anak-anak yang lain	Question (in Malay)
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Sekolah Kerajaan sekarang ialah sekolah-sekolah yang mendapat bantuan. Permohonan untuk tinggal di asrama ditimbangkan oleh Guru-Guru Besar dam Lembaga Pengelola Sekolah menurut keadaannya. Tidak ada peraturan yang tetap yang dibuat: sekolah-sekolah pernah memberi dan digalakkan memberi pertolongan kepada anak-anak ahli Polis dan Tentera dan juga anak-anak kepada pegawai-pegawai di dalam lain-lain Jabatan Kerajaan yang selalu berpindah ke tempat lain atau ke tempat yang tidak ada kemudahan untuk bersekolah.	Oral Reply (in Malay)

Question No. 15: Bantuan Kerajaan Kepada Sekolah-Sekolah Agama Islam yang Bukan Sekolah Kerajaan

Question No. 15: Bantuan Kerajaan Kepada Sekolah-Sekolah Agama Islam yang Bukan Sekolah Kerajaan

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Tuan Haji Hasan Adli bin Haji Arshad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.026 Kuala Trengganu Utara	Minta kepada Menteri Pelajaran menerangkan mengarah kepada Penyata Jawatankuasa menimbang bantuan Kerajaan kepada Sekolah-Sekolah Agama Islam yang bukan Kerajaan tahun 1956 ceraian 79 (Bab VIII), yang berbunyi "Kami mengesyorkan iaitu melalui Bahagian Pelajaran Agama dalam Kementerian Pelajaran supaya disamakan sukatan pelajaran dan peperiksaan menurut peringkat-peringkat Sekolah yang disebutkan di atas itu"?Adakah Kementerian Pelajaran akan menyediakan sukatan pelajaran itu dengan terlebih dahulu melantik sebuah Jawatankuasa Khas yang ahli-ahlinya terdiri daripada orang-orang yang mahir dan mempunyai pengalaman yang banyak dalam hal ehwal Sekolah-Sekolah Agama Islam yang bukan Kerajaan itu sendiri, bagi menyusun sukatan pelajaran itu, sekiranya sudah dilantik harap diterangkan nama-nama Ahli Jawatankuasa itu?	Question (in Malay)
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Sebuah Jawatankuasas telah dilantik oleh Kementerian Pelajaran mengandungi orang-orang yang berpengalaman dan mahir dalam urusan pentadbiran Sekolah-Sekolah Agama Islam Rakyat supaya menyusun sukatan pelajaran untuk penggunaan sekolah-sekolah itu sebagaimana yang dicadangkan di dalam ceraian 79 oleh Penyata Jawatankuasa bagi menimbangkan bantuan kewangan untuk Sekolah-Sekolah Agama Islam Rakyat.	Oral Reply (in Malay)

Question No. 16: Secondary Schools Entrance Examination

Question No. 16: Secondary Schools Entrance Examination

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Kee Gak	MP	Member of Parliament	P.086 Bandar Malacca	Asks the Minister of Education whether he is aware that more than 600 pupils in the State of Malacca were unable to take the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination 1959, because their parents could not afford to pay the Entrance fees; and if so, how does the Government propose to ensure that all pupils eligible to sit for the examination will be given an opportunity to do so in the future.	Question
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	The entrance fee for the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination is $ 3 (in Malaya and British Borneo dollar) and I am aware that more than 600 pupils in the State of Malacca who did not enter this examination in 1959 stated in explanation that their parents could not afford to pay this small fee. I think, however, that the Honourable Member will agree that were poverty is a factor in deciding whether or not a child shall enter for the examination, it is not merely the amount of the entrance fee which worries parents so much as the difficulty of maintaining the child during his Secondary School course. The latter difficulty is partly met by offering free places in Secondary Schools for all children who have enjoyed free primary education and also for others who cannot afford to pay the fees. Holders of Federal Minor Scholarships are also exempted from paying fees in Secondary Schools. However. on my instruction a country-wide survey of this problem of examination and entrance fees was made by my Ministry in September last, and I am considering various ways of solving the problem before next year's examination.	Oral Reply
Mr. S. P. Seenivasagam	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.051 Menglembu	With specific reference to the question of the Honourable Mr. Tan Kee Gak, may I ask whether Government intends to give these 600 pupils another chance to sit for this examination or do something about it?	Supplementary Question 1
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	As I said just now, I wil give this whole matter my favourable consideration.	Oral Reply
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	On a point of information and clarification, may I know when the Honourable Minister knew to of the case of the 600 children?	Supplementary Question 2
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Sir, in my reply just now, I said I caused a survey to be made in September last.	Oral Reply
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	On a further point of information and clarification, does it mean that the Honourable Minister knew of this in September last?	Supplementary Question 3
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Sir, I do not think I want to add anything more to what I have said.	Oral Reply
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	"September last", I presume, means September three or four months ago? My recollection is that the Honourable Minister was not a Minister then. How did he cause the investigation to be made?	Supplementary Question 4
Tunku Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Prime Minister	P.007 Kuala Kedah	With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I might be able to answer the Honourable Member's question posed just now. He must remember that there is collective responsibility in any Cabinet. Therefore, if somebody else was a member of the Ministry before, the present member is equally responsible for what the other member did.	Oral Reply from another Minister
Mr. Veriah Karam Singh	PRM	Member of Parliament	P.073 Damansara	On a point of information, if there was some other member actually responsible, why did such other member not discharge his duty and responsibility to these 600 pupils?	Supplementary Question 5

Question No. 17: Free Primary Education

Question No. 17: Free Primary Education

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Kee Gak	MP	Member of Parliament	P.086 Bandar Malacca	Asks the Minister of Education when will he set up a Committee to consider the introduction of free primary education, the examination of which question was recommended by the Education Committee, 1956, to take place not later than 1959.	Question
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Sir, this issue will be considered by the Committee of Review to which I have referred in my answer to the Honourable Mr. Chan Swee Ho (in § Question No. 1: Committee to Review Educational Policy (1956)). I would like to add that the introduction of universal free primary education in this country depends upon the amount of the local contribution which people are willing to make by way of an education rate. The additional cost of providing free primary education to fully assisted schools in 1959 would have been nearly thirty million (30,000,000) dollars. Only just over two million (2,000,000) dollars was collected this year by means of education rates throughout the country. Furthermore, for the information of the Honourable Member and of the House, I would like to say that in this year 1959 nearly half of all the children in primary schools, that is, about half a million children, were in fact already receiving free primary education.	Oral Reply

Question No. 18: Nanyang University (Singapore) Degrees - Recognition

Question No. 18: Nanyang University (Singapore) Degrees - Recognition

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Kee Gak	MP	Member of Parliament	P.086 Bandar Malacca	Asks the Minister of Education to state whether the Government would give official recognition to the degrees of Nanyang University in the case of graduates who are highly proficient in Malay, Chinese and English.	Question
Encik Mohamed Khir Johari	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.009 Kedah Tengah	Sir, I would refer the Honourable Member to the answer which I have already given to a similar question to a similar question asked by the Honourable Mr. Veerappen. (in § Question No. 9: Nanyang University (Singapore) Degrees - Recognition)	Oral Reply

Question No. 19: Penang Port Commission - Nominations

Question No. 19: Penang Port Commission - Nominations

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Phock Kin	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.036 Tanjong	Asks the Minister of Transport to kindly explain: (a) why the City Council of George Town was picked out for elimination when the Penang Port Commission Ordinance was amended with regard to appointment of nominees by various public bodies to serve on the Commission; (b) why most of the public bodies which together with the City Council of George Town were asked to appoint nominees to serve as members of the Commission under the old Ordinance are still being asked to do so now under the amended Ordinance.	Question
Encik Sardon bin Haji Jubir	UMNO	Minister of Transport	P.097 Pontian Utara	According to the Penang Port Commission Ordinance, as amended in June, appointments to the Commission are now made by the Minister of Transport. Formerly, the membership consisted of ex-officio, official and nominated members. The amended Ordinance also provides for the establishment of a Port Consultative Committee. The members of this Committee are likewise appointed by the Minister. In making these appointments recently the Minister consulted commercial, trading, industrial and shipping interests. I think the Honourable Member may not have been aware of the distinction between the Commission itself and the Port Consultative Committee.	Oral Reply

Question No. 20: George Town City Council (Financial Assistance)

Question No. 20: George Town City Council (Financial Assistance)

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Phock Kin	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.036 Tanjong	Asks the Minister of Finance whether the Federal Government is willing to assist the City Council of George Town in its effort not to increase water rates in the near future by financial assistance in the form of: (a) extending the period of their present loan to the Council; (b) reducing the interest charges; (c) giving an outright grant should the Council's request for such a grant to the Penang State Government be turned down.	Question
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	Sir, the Federation is not prepared to give any indication as to whether or not it would be willing to vary the terms of the water loan to the Penang City Council or to make a grant to the Council until it has received a formal written request from the Council giving details of the concession sought and the reasons therefor.	Oral Reply
Mr. Tan Phock Kin	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.036 Tanjong	May I draw the attention of the Honourable Minister to the fact that an application has been made and up-to-date no reply has been received?	Supplementary Question 1
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	I have not seen the application myself.	Oral Reply

Question No. 21: Audit Queries, 1957

Question No. 21: Audit Queries, 1957

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Phock Kin	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.036 Tanjong	Asks the Minister of Finance to kindly elaborate on the actions, if any, taken by Government with regard to audit queries for the year 1957, which are still unsettled and queries for the same year which were unsatisfactorily answered.	Question
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	Sir, the Report of the Auditor-General on the accounts of the Federation of Malaya for the year 1957 has been considered by the Public Accounts committee of the former Legislative Council and the report of that Committee was tabled at the meeting of the Legislative Council on 24th June, 1959, as Paper No. 56 of 1959. Some of the recommendations made in the Report have already been adopted and action on the others is proceeding. There is, however, one matter, Sir, which I should like to mention. I refer to the libelous and wholly unwarranted allegations and remarks which have been circulating in connection with the over-expenditure of about $24,000,000 in 1957 to which reference was made by the Auditor-General in his Report. These allegations were especially rife during the recent Parliamentary Election and some of our political opponents attempted to mislead the Electorate in a most unprincipled manner...	Oral Reply
Mr. S. P. Seenivasagam	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.051 Menglembu	Mr. Speaker, Sir, on a point of order, that is entirely irrelevant.	Interrupt from another Member
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	That is entirely relevant to the question. Because of the number of allegations, I have got to explain in some detail and I hope you will permit me to continue that explanation. These allegations were to the effect that some of this vast sum of money has improperly found its way into the pockets of Ministers of the Alliance Government. These allegations are completely untrue...	Oral Reply
Mr. S. P. Seenivasagam	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.051 Menglembu	I rise on a point or order. The Honourable Minister is trying to make a speech rebutting certain allegations which he said were made by politicians at political meetings. When objections of a similar nature to mine was made the answer was that allegations were made and that they must be rebutted. Mr. Speaker, I refer the Honourable Minister to the question now being answered. No allegation was made and I ask you, Sir, to make a ruling.	Interrupt from another Member
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	These allegations are completely untrue.	Oral Reply
Interruption
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Order. Order.	Instruction from the Speaker
Mr. Tan Phock Kin	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.036 Tanjong	Mr. Speaker, Sir, perhaps I should be the one to elaborate on this because the question was asked by me. As far as I am concerned I am not interested to know about any allegations at all. My question is quite straightforward, and I think his answers should be confined to it	Member who asked the question asked for a confine answer from the Minister
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	I have asked the Honourable Minister to confine his reply to the question.	Instruction from the Speaker
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	The tenor of this question is obvious - it is so obvious and it was intended that the reply should catch the Government. These allegations are completely untrue. It was so obvious	Oral Reply
Mr. David S. Vethamuthu	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.071 Bungsar	On a point of order, there is no allegation contained in the question. I think the Honourable Minister is trying to repeat the same thing which he is not supposed to do	Interrupt from another Member
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	These allegations are completely untrue.	Oral Reply
D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP	Member of Parliament	P.050 Ipoh	Mr. Speaker, Sir, I ask for a ruling from the Chair on the objection I took	Interrupt from another Member
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Order, Order. I have already ruled that the Minister should confine his answer within the question and should not refer to allegations which are not before the House. Leave that out for the time being.	Instruction from the Speaker
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	May I finish the last sentence?	Oral Reply
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	I do not think so.	Instruction from the Speaker
Unknown	Unknown	Member of Parliament	Unknown	No.	Interrupt from another Member
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	I object to anybody saying "No" from that side.	Interrupt from another Minister
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	First, it should be pointed out that none of the over-expenditure mentioned by the Auditor-General represents an excess of funds appropriated to Heads of expenditure by the Legislature. By the Supplementary Supply (1 957) Ordinance. 1959 (No. 3 of 1959) the Legislature voted all the necessary financial provision to the Heads of expenditure. It should also be pointed out that this Supplementary Supply Ordinance only appropriated sums which had already been approved by Resolution of Legislative Council under the old Financial Procedure or were sums in respect of Pensions and similar matters which are now charged on the Consolidated Fund and no longer require the approval of the Legislature. Thus, the over-expenditure to which the Auditor-General referred was in relation to subheads of expenditure and does not represent a net over-expenditure on the voted provision. Secondly, it should be pointed out that. whereas the over-expenditure as at 31st December, 1957, was in excess of $24 million, by the time the accounts for the year were finalised the excess had been reduced to about $ 19.5 million and particulars of this excess and Honourable Members will. I hope, remember that this sum does not represent gross over-expenditure over voted provisions-have been detailed in Appendix IIIA of the Auditor General's Report. Of this sum it will be seen that the great majority represents inescapable commitments which would now, under the new Financial Procedure, be charges on the Consolidated Fund. Honourable Members can. by perusing Appendix IIIA of the Auditor-General's Report, assure themselves that the over-expenditure mentioned was in respect of specific items detailed in that Appendix and in no possible way could any of this money have been paid to my Honourable friends and colleagues. Of the sum of $ 19.5 million mentioned in that Appendix. all but $ 6,000 has been cleared. The Treasury is now considering what action should be taken on this comparatively small outstanding balance and. in particular, is assessing the degree of blame which should be attached to individual officers in connection with this over-expenditure with a view to possible disciplinary action as suggested by the Public Accounts Committee in paragraph 36 of its Report. The same remarks apply to the $ 2.75 million over-expenditure on Capital Account referred to by the Auditor-General in paragraph 88 of his Report and detailed in full in Appendix IIIB. Of this amount about $ 2.405,000 has been cleared leaving $ 305,000 outstanding and still under investigation. While I associate myself with the general comments of the Auditor-General that there has been laxity in the control of expenditure in certain Departments. I strongly refute suggestions from outside sources-suggestions which were not made or implied by the Auditor-General - that this lack of control has been of a dishonest or criminal nature. I hope the House will excuse the length of this reply and the severity of the language I have used, but I think it desirable that the rumours which have been circulating should be scotched once and for all. Whoever may be at fault. however, and it is clear that for the most part the irregularities in question were technical rather than criminal, Ministers themselves were not personally involved and this is the point I wish to emphasise.	Oral Reply
Applause
Mr. Tan Phock Kin	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.036 Tanjong	Mr. Speaker, I am afraid in spite of the very lengthy reply, some of my queries have not been answered. I am more interested in the particular items which are still pending investigation and I would like the Minister to let me know whether he can elaborate on such matters.	Supplementary Question 1
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	On a point of order, may I ask whether this is a follow-up, or a comment on the reply, or what?	Interrupt from another Minister
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	It is a supplementary question.	Instruction from the Speaker
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	I do not know what particular details the Honourable Member is referring to.	Oral Reply
Mr. Tan Phock Kin	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.036 Tanjong	It was mentioned that there are still a number of items pending investigation. Could the Honourable Minister kindly elaborate what those items are?	Supplementary Question 2
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	That is another question entirely; I want notice of it. That was not made clear in the Honourable Member's original question - unless I do not understand simple English.	Oral Reply
Mr. Tan Phock Kin	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.036 Tanjong	I am merely asking that as a supplementary. I will accept Mr. Speaker's ruling.	Member who asked the question asked for a confine answer from the Minister
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat	I hope the Minister is not performing what is commonly known by people as "J'excuse, J'accuse" - he who excuses himself accuses himself.	Interrupt from another Member
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	Mr. Speaker. Sir, is that a follow-up or a comment?	Interrupt from another Minister
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	He is going to make a supplementary.	Instruction from the Speaker
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat	The question is simply to elaborate on any action if any - that is all. As far as I am concerned. I find that the Minister is for the last fifteen (15) minutes trying to excuse his Ministry.	Interrupt from another Member
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	I still like a ruling from you. Mr. Speaker. Is this a comment on the question?	Interrupt from another Minister
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	If I may say so, I think the Honourable Member was not listening to my reply.	Oral Reply
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat	I was too busy listening to your excuses.	Interrupt from another Member
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	I said that the Treasury is now considering what action should be taken on this comparatively small outstanding balance and, in particular, is assessing the degree of blame which should be attached to individual officers in connection with this over-expenditure with a view to possible disciplinary action as suggested by the Public Accounts Committee in paragraph 36 of its Report. If that is not simple English, I do not know what is simple English.	Oral Reply

Question No. 22: Kerakyatan

Question No. 22: Kerakyatan

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Encik Zulkiflee Muhammad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.019 Bachok	Minta kepada Menteri Dalam Negeri menerangkan:(a) Berapa orangkah yang telah diberikan Sijil Kerakyatan menurut Perlembagaan yang telah didapati membuat kenyataan-kenyataan palsu berkenaan dengan sifat-sifat yang membolehkan mereka menjadi rakyat negeri ini dan berapa orangkah yang berbuat demikian yang telah dirampas kerakyatan mereka? Dan apakah tindakan yang telah diambil dan yang dicadangkan lagi akan diambil terhadap orang-orang itu menurut ceraian 16 daripada Jadual ke-2 dari Perlembagaan? (b) Apakah cara dan kuasa yang ada pada pihak Pendaftaran Kerakyatan untuk mengetahui sama ada orang-orang yang telah diberikan Sijil Kerakyatan itu benar-benar pada hakikatnya layak mendapat Kerakyatan? (c) Berapakah Sijil-Sijil Kerakyatan palsu (yang bukan dikeluarkan secara yang sah oleh Kerajaan) yang telah dirampas oleh Kerajaan? Dan apakah tindakan yang telah diambil oleh Kerajaan terhadap orang-orang atau pegawai-pegawai yang bertanggungjawab mengeluarkan Sijil-Sijil itu dan terhadap orang-orang yang mendapat Sijil itu? Dan apakah pula tindakan yang telah diambil oleh Kerajaan untuk menyakinkan bahawa orang-orang yang dibuang negeri kerana kesalahan di atas itu tidak balik ke negeri ini? Sekiranya belum ada tindakan diambil atas perkara di atas itu maka apakah halangannya?	Question (in Malay)
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	Tuan Speaker, saya dahului menjawab soalan ini iaitu kuasa yang mengeluarkan sijil kerakyatan itu ialah pihak Jawatankuasa Pilihan Raya.(a) Jawapan yang pertama tidak dapat diberi dengan tepatnya, berapa orang yang telah dapat sijil kerakyatan dengan jalan false representation ataupun dengan jalan bohong (Please refer to Table 4). Sebagai policy Kementerian, kita berkehendakkan selepas dilucutkan kerakyatan barulah dipulangkan kepada polis. (b) Jabatan Pendaftaran masih menyiasat semua sekali borang-borang permintaan yang telah diterima dan kita harap selepas siasatan ini dan juga selepas mengeluarkan Identity Card baru, lebih banyak lagi orang-orang yang telah membuat salah, Kementerian boleh dapat ketahui. (c) Please refer to Table 4. 256 orang telah dapat kesalahan telahpun dilucutkan kerakyatannya dan 2 orang daripada pegawai Kerajaan sudah diambil langkah berkenaan dengan kesalahannya. Satu list berkenaan dengan orang-orang yang telah dilucutkan kerakyatannya ada disimpan oleh Chief Registration Officer atau Ketua Pegawai Pendaftaran dan sudahpun diberi salinannya (copy) kepada Immigration Department dan Election Commission atau Jawatankuasa Pilihan Raya dan juga Registration Office.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Zulkiflee Muhammad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.019 Bachok	Yang di-Pertua, tentang (b) ada sedikit perkataan yang diterangkan oleh Yang Berhormat Menteri Dalam Negeri iaitu perkataan "siasatan" Jadi, saya bertanya apakah cara dan kuasa menyiasat itu, adakah Registration berkuasa.	Supplementary Question 1 (in Malay)
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	Sebagaimana saya katakan tadi, kuasa mengeluarkan kerakyatan ini ialah daripada pihak Jawatankuasa Pilihan Raya, tiada di bawah Kementerian saya, jadi kalau saya dapat notice soalan semacam ini, bolehkah saya tanya dan bolehlah saya beri jawapannya.	Oral Reply (In Malay)
Encik Othman bin Abdullah	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.023 Tanah Merah	Tuan Yang di-Pertua, dalam soalan berikut tiada diterangkan adakah orang yang telah bersalah mengikut jumlah yang telah didapati itu telah dibuang daripada negeri ini? Oleh sebab mereka itu melanggar peraturan negeri dengan tidak mengaku taat setia kepada negeri ini dan kalau sekiranya ada beri jawapan yang pasti dalam soalan ini.	Supplementary Question 2 (In Malay)
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	Tuan Speaker, berkenaan hendak buang negeri, sudah dilepaskan kepada polis, sekiranya ada boleh dibuang negeri. Siasatan ini dijalankan sementara, semata-mata hendak melucutkan kerakyatan, lepas itu langkah dijalankan, jika ada.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Othman bin Abdullah	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.023 Tanah Merah	Tuan Yang di-Pertua, atas tindakan atau dasar yang telah dibuat oleh Kerajaan negeri ini terhadap soalan yang dikemukakan oleh Yang Berhormat sahabat saya itu, jawapannya tak begitu tegas. Maka dapatlah dimengertikan bahawa tindakan Pemerintah dalam masa akhir-akhir ini iaitu memberhentikan segala Pilihan Raya bagi kawasan Bandaran yang tidak bersabit, sebab banyak perkara-perkara yang salah. Maka saya dukacita sekali oleh sebab...	Interruption from another Member (in Malay)
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Ini tidak boleh disoalkan.	Instruction from the Speaker (in Malay)
Encik Othman bin Abdullah	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.023 Tanah Merah	Tuan Yang di-Pertua, saya tidak menyoal, tetapi...	Interruption from another Member (in Malay)
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Tak boleh disoal.	Instruction from the Speaker (in Malay)
Tuan Haji Hasan Adli bin Haji Arshad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.026 Kuala Trengganu Utara	Tuan, bersabit berkenaan dengan siasat mereka yang salah kerakyatannya, kalau boleh dapatlah saya tahu berapa lama boleh selesai.	Supplementary Question 3 (in Malay)
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	Jika ditengok soalan false representation ini ataupun salah kenyataan cuma melucutkan kerakyatan - 256 - ini cuma itu sahaja, banyak bagi dilucutkan tetapi tidak termasuk di dalam soalan ini. Jadi kalau saya hendak menjawab soalan ini, saya minta soalan tetap.	Oral Reply (in Malay)

Table 4: Bilangan Orang diberikan Sijil Kerakyatan melalui cara false representation dan telah dikenal pasti dan diambil tindakan

Status Siasatan	Bilangan
Dilucutkan kerakyatan tetapi belum dipulangkan kepada pihak Polis	106
Dilucutkan kerakyatan dan telah dipulangkan kepada pihak Polis	150
Dilucutkan Kerakyatan	256
Masih dijalankan langkah-langkah hendak melucutkannya	366
Telah disiasat dan tahu kesalahannya	622

Question No. 23: Rancangan Kemajuan - Bantuan bagi Negeri Kelantan dan Terengganu

Question No. 23: Rancangan Kemajuan - Bantuan bagi Negeri Kelantan dan Terengganu

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Encik Asri bin Haji Muda	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.022 Pasir Puteh	Minta kepada Perdana Menteri menerangkan iaitu di dalam kempen Pilihan Raya Dewan Rakyat baru-baru ini, ada di antara Menteri-Menteri Kerajaan Perikatan telah membuat kenyataan, bahawa sekiranya pengundi-pengundi di Pantai Timor tiada mengundi Perikatan maka Kerajaan Perikatan bila berkuasa nanti akan memotong bantuan-bantuan Kerajaan bagi rancangan kemajuan di Negeri Kelantan dan Terengganu. Bolehkah Yang Berhormat Perdana Menteri memberi penjelasan tentang sikap Kerajaan dalam hal ini sekarang kepada Dewan ini?	Question (in Malay)
Tunku Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Prime Minister	P.007 Kuala Kedah	Tuan Speaker, yang sebenarnya saya pun tak tahu mana Menteri yang disebutkan oleh Yang Berhormat itu, tetapi adalah saya dengar angin barangkali boleh juga Menteri itu keluar sebagai jawapan di atas apa yang disebutkan oleh parti-parti lain berkenaan dengan wang untuk membuat kebajikan di negeri kita ini. Jadi, satu perkara yang telah saya dengar, seorang Setiausaha, saya ingat kalau saya tak silap daripada Parti P.A.S. Kelantan. Katanya dia tidak mahu wang yang dipinjam dari Amerika itu - pinjaman lain-lain negeri jangan digunakan dalam negeri Kelantan untuk membuat kebajikan...	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Applause
Tunku Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Prime Minister	P.007 Kuala Kedah	Jadi, kalau tersalah di atas fahaman saya berkenaan dengan perkataan itu, saya minta maaf. Tetapi saya ingat kalau Menteri itu berkata manjadi sebagai jawapan itu sahaja, maka policy Kerajaan Perikatan ini yang mana semua ketahui iaitu sentiasa menimbangkan rancangan-rancangan kemajuan mengikut kehendak ekonomi negara dan keutamaan-keutamaan bagi rancangan-rancangan ini ditetapkan supaya memberi faedah kepada segala lapisan rakyat dengan timbangan yang sama rata.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Tuan Speaker, bagi maklum Perdana Menteri, saya suka hendak menyatakan iaitu Menteri yang ada mengeluarkan percakapan itu ialah Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Menteri Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri dan Penolong Menteri Penerangan.	Interruption from another Member (in Malay)
Applause
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	On a point of order. Saya tak ada.	Interruption from another Minister (in Malay)
Laughter
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Sabar dulu, saya belum duduk.	Interruption from another Member (in Malay)
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	On a point of order, Sir. Since my name has been mentioned, I would like people to know that I never said that.	Interruption from another Minister
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	I would like to clarify what the Prime Minister said.	Interruption from another Member
Tunku Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Prime Minister	P.007 Kuala Kedah	Jikalau Yang Berhormat hendak sebutkan Menteri itu eloklah jumpa dan soal kepada Menteri itu. Saya hendak jawab susah, orang lain yang bercakap.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Applause
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Saya rasa pada masa Menteri Dalam bercakap di Kuala Trengganu Selatan, pihak polis ada mengambil report, bolehkah dibawa tape recorder itu di sini.	Interruption from another Member (in Malay)
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	Cakap saya boleh.	Interruption from another Minister (in Malay)

Question No. 24: Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Tanah Melayu Di United Kingdom

Question No. 24: Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Tanah Melayu Di United Kingdom

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Encik Asri bin Haji Muda	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.022 Pasir Puteh	Minta kepada Menteri Hal Ehwal Luar Negeri menerangkan adakah jawatan Setiausaha Kedua dalam bahagian Penerangan di Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Persekutuan Tanah Melayu di United Kingdom pada amsa ini telah dipenuhi? Jika sudah siapakah orangnya dan bagaimana perlantikannya? Dan jika belum, adakah Kerajaan akan mengisi jawatan tersebut dengan melalui pilihan oleh Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam?	Question (in Malay)
Dato' Dr. Ismail bin Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of External Affairs	P.102 Johore Timor	The answer is yes. The appointment was made by the normal posting of an External Affairs Service officer.	Oral Reply

Question No. 25: Customs Stations - Delay

Question No. 25: Customs Stations - Delay

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Tan Cheng Bee	MCA	Member of Parliament	P.031 Bagan	Asks the Minister of Finance whether the Government is aware of the bottle-neck, delay and inconvenience suffered by public at the Customs checking point at Sultan Abdul Hamid Pier at Butterworth; and, if so, whether the Government will give an assurance that remedial action will be taken; if not, whether the Government will cause investigations to be made, and also take remedial action.	Question
Mr. Tan Siew Sin	MCA	Minister of Finance	P.085 Malacca Tengah	Government is aware that every customs barrier is inevitably a cause of delay and inconvenience to the public since the collection and protection of the customs revenue cannot be undertaken without declaration and examination of goods, including passengers' baggage. The use of the word "bottle-neck" implies that the delays and inconvenience are avoidable but the Honourable member will appreciate that customs work must be carried out at a central point. Government is continuously taking remedial action to reduce delay dna inconvenience without facilitating smuggling and this practice will continue. If the Honourable member has any individual complaints they will always be investigated by the Comptroller of Customs if full details are given.	Oral Reply

Question No. 26: Bayaran Ganti Rugi Kepada Buruh-Buruh Kereta Api Maut Siam-Burma

Question No. 26: Bayaran Ganti Rugi Kepada Buruh-Buruh Kereta Api Maut Siam-Burma

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Encik Othman bin Abdullah	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.023 Tanah Merah	Minta kepada Menteri Luar menerangkan:(a) Adakah Kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu telah membuat sesuatu tuntutan ganti rugi atau sagu hati atau sebagainya terhadap Kerajaan Jepun di bawah perjanjian keamanan (Japanese Peace Treaty) atau dengan apa-apa jalan yang lain seperti mana dibuat oleh negeri-negeri yang lain yang menjadi mangsa langgaran tentera Jepun dalam Perang Dunia yang kedua dahulu? (b) Jika ada, maka adakah sesuatu pertimbangan telah dibuat oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan kepada tuntutan Persatuan Buruh Paksa Kereta Api Maut Burma-Siam (Burma-Siam Railway)1942-46 di negeri ini? (c) Jika tidak, maka adakah Kerajaan akan mengambil sesuatu langkah untuk memenuhi tuntutan buruh-buruh paksa kereta api maut Burma-Siam di Tanah Melayu yang telah dipaksa oleh Pemerintah Tentera Jepun pada tahun 1942-46?	Question (in Malay)
Dato' Dr. Ismail bin Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of External Affairs	P.102 Johore Timor	At the time the Japanese Peace Treaty was signed in September, 1951...	Oral Reply
Encik Othman bin Abdullah	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.023 Tanah Merah	Tuan Speaker, saya minta jawapan dalam bahasa Melayu.	Member who asked the question requested the Minister to answer in Malay
Dato' Dr. Ismail bin Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of External Affairs	P.102 Johore Timor	I can speak in both languages... Kalau dia minta dengan jelas, saya boleh bercakap dalam dua bahasa. Ini saya punya hak.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Tolong buat dalam bahasa Melayu.	Instruction from the Speaker (in Malay)
Dato' Dr. Ismail bin Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of External Affairs	P.102 Johore Timor	Pada masa Peace Treaty ditandatangan dalam bulan September tahun 1951 dalam bandar San Francisco, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu pada masa itu belum lagi menjadi sebuah negeri yang merdeka dan berdaulat. Oleh sebab itu, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu pada masa itu tidak ada hak menandatangani Treaty-Treaty seperti itu. Jadi Kerajaan Inggeris pada masa itu bagi pihak dirinya dan bagi Persekutuan Tanah Melayu telah merayukan kehendak-kehendak pemberian pembayaran daripada Kerajaan Jepun di bawah Artikel 16(20). Tetapi di dalam Artikel 16 itu telah ada satu Bab kecuali iaitubayaran hendaklah diberikan hanyalah kepada orang-orang yang dalam Pasukan Angkatan bersenjata sahaja bukannya kepada orang ramai.Mengikut Artikel 14 Treaty itu juga. Kerajaan Jepun hendaklah membayar kerosakan dan kesengsaraan yang dibuat oleh orang Jepun dalam masa perang. Tetapi tanggungan itu, pasa masa itu negeri Jepun tidak ada daya hendak membayar segala kerosakan. Jadi oleh sebab ini Kerajaan Inggeris telah memikirkan perlu, adalah memegang kuasa berkenaan dengan pekerjaan hal ehwal negeri ini, pembayaran diketepikan tidak diminta.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Othman bin Abdullah	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.023 Tanah Merah	Saya telah mendengar jawapan, apakah yang sebenarnya yang boleh kita buat Menteri Luar daripada permintaan mereka menuntut hak kerana teraniaya.	Supplementary Question 1 (in Malay)
Dato' Dr. Ismail bin Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of External Affairs	P.102 Johore Timor	Bila kita dapat kemerdekaan dahulu kita terima kemerdekaan daripada Kerajaan Inggeris baik dan buruk. Jadi kita terima semua baik dan buruk dan mengikut International Practice, sebagai mana berlaku di India sekarang, bagaimana Tuan Nehru telah menyatakan, iaitu segala yang dibuat oleh orang Inggeris, bila Kerajaan India dahulu mengambil kemerdekaan, baik buruk terima daripada Kerajaan Inggeris, dan begitu juga Persekutuan Tanah Melayu menerima baik dan buruknya.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Zulkiflee Muhammad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.019 Bachok	Tuan Speaker, agaknya sahabat saya mengulang soalan (c). Terangkan adakah Kerajaan akan mengambil satu langkah.	Supplementary Question 2 (in Malay)
Dato' Dr. Ismail bin Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of External Affairs	P.102 Johore Timor	Mengikut International Practice tidak, apa yang baik buruknya telah diterima.	Oral Reply (in Malay)

Question No. 27: Pasukan Bersenjata Persekutuan

Question No. 27: Pasukan Bersenjata Persekutuan

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Encik Ahmad Boestamam	PRM	Member of Parliament	P.070 Setapak	Minta kepada Menteri Pertahanan menerangkan:(a) Adakah perintah-perintah yang dipakai dalam Pasukan Bersenjata Persekutuan dikeluarkan dengan bahasa kebangsaan; jika tidak mengapa tidak;(b) Adakah Kerajaan bercadang hendak mengeluarkan perintah-perintah itu dalam bahasa kebangsaan dan jika tidak apa langkahnya dan bila hendak dijalankan langkah-langkah itu supaya perintah-perintah itu dikeluarkan dalam bahasa kebangsaan.	Question (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Perintah yang digunakan dalam Tentera Persekutuan dalam dua bahasa, bahasa kebangsaan dan bahasa Inggeris. Setengah perkataan yang biasa diguna dalam bahasa Inggeris dipakai dalam bahasa Melayu atau bahasa kebangsaan oleh sebab perkataan itu sudah termashyur dan semua orang tahu. Usaha sedang dijalankan bagi mencari perkataan Melayu yang sesuai bagi menggantikan Perintah atau Orders yang digunakan dalam tentera itu dan Kerajaan akan menggunakan dengan beransur-ansur dari satu masa ke satu masa bila didapati perkataan-perkataan itu.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Othman bin Abdullah	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.023 Tanah Merah	Dari satu masa ke satu masa, adakah ertinya 10 tahun?	Supplementary Question 1 (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Ini bergantung kalau dapat adakan perkataan-perkataan menggantikan perkataan-perkataan itu.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Ahmad Boestamam	PRM	Member of Parliament	P.070 Setapak	Saya mahu adakan usaha, langkah menubuhkan Jawatankuasa Khas untuk menjadikan Perintah dalam bahasa Inggeris itu ke dalam bahasa Melayu.	Member who asked the question giving suggestion to the Minister (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Ada langkah-langkah.	Oral Reply (in Malay)

Question No. 28: Tingkatan Gaji dan Allowance bagi Pasukan Bersenjata Persekutuan

Question No. 28: Tingkatan Gaji dan Allowance bagi Pasukan Bersenjata Persekutuan

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Encik Ahmad Boestamam	PRM	Member of Parliament	P.070 Setapak	Minta kepada Menteri Pertahanan menerangkan: (a) Adakah warganegara Persekutuan yang berkhidmat dalam Pasukan-Pasukan Bersenjata Persekutuan diberi sama hitungan gaji dan allowance sebagaimana yang dibayar kepada orang yang bukan warganegara yang memegang sama pangkatnya. (b) Jika tidak mengapa bayaran gaji dan allowance itu tidak sama. (c) Adakah Kerajaan bercadang hendak menyamakan bayaran gaji dan allowance itu dan jika Kerajaan bercadang bila lagi hendak dijalankan. (d) Apakah langkah yang telah dijalankan oleh Kerajaan bagi menyamakan gaji dan allowance di antara dua kumpulan askar-askar yang disebutkan itu dalam Pasukan-Pasukan Bersenjata.	Question (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Bilangan orang rakyat Persekutuan yang berkhidmat dalam Tentera Persekutuan adalah sedikit sahaja, iaitu rakyat Singapura yang berkhidmat dalam Tentera Laut Diraja Tanah Melayu (Royal Malayan Navy) pada masa tentera itu diserahkan kepada Persekutuan; mereka itulah dibayar gaji sama sahaja dengan rakyat Persekutuan. Oleh itu, perkara lain dalam soalan ini tidaklah berbangkit.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Ahmad Boestamam	PRM	Member of Parliament	P.070 Setapak	Yang di-Pertua, apa yang saya maksudkan warga negeri lain, bukanlah rakyat Singapura, orang Inggeris seumpamanya.	Supplementary Question 1 (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Yang di-Pertua, Pegawai Inggeris tidak berkhidmat dalam Tentera Persekutuan. Mereka berkhidmat dalam tenteranya sendiri. Hanya dipinjam bekerja sementara sahaja dalam Tentera Persekutuan.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Ahmad Boestamam	PRM	Member of Parliament	P.070 Setapak	Siapa G.O.C. (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief) Persekutuan Tanah Melayu sekarang, seorang rakyat Malaya atau seorang Inggeris?	Supplementary Question 2 (in Malay)
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Saya fikir Ahli Yang Berhormat tak faham.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Encik Zulkiflee Muhammad	PAS	Member of Parliament	P.019 Bachok	Soalnya siapa yang membayar gaji?	Interruption from another Member (in Malay)
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat	I hope I have not misunderstood the Honourable Minister's reply. I think he said that there were a few non-Federal Citizens serving in the Armed Forces. I do not think he has told us how many - I do not know what he meant by "a few".	Interruption from another Member
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Few in number.	Oral Reply
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Is it not a fact that out of 136 majors in the Federation Regular Army, only about 36 are local officers?	Interruption from another Member
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	That is not a question, Sir.	Oral Reply
Laughter
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	What is a question? Out of 136 majors in the Regular Army, is it not a fact that 36 are local officers?	Interruption from another Member
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	That is a separate question.	Oral Reply
Encik Ahmad Boestamam	PRM	Member of Parliament	P.070 Setapak	Soalnya adakah waragnegara dalam Pasukan Bersenjata Persekutuan Tanah Melayu diberi sama hitungan gaji, allowance dan sebagainya dengan yang dibayar kepada wargenegara Inggeris umpamanya.	Member who asked the question repeated his question again
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Saya tak boleh memaksa jawapan yang diberi oleh Menteri itu.	Instruction from the Speaker (in Malay)
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Bolehkah saya bertanya kepada Menteri Pertahanan, sekiranya sanggup hendak membayar allowance - disturbance allowance kepada pegawai-pegawai yang bukannya dari luar, saya rasa tentu tuan tahu iaitu pegawai yang pindah daripada rumah ke rumah. Maka pengawai-pegawai itu patutnya dapat allowance tetapi tidak dapat. Adakah dia hendak membayar - allownance air batu umpamanya...	Interruption from another Member
Laughter
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	... bagaimana yang ada dibayar kepada setiap orang pegawai orang putih ataupun Warrant Officer, bukan local officer, yang mendapat 28 sen seorang allowance air batu dan allowance pelajaran dan allowance lain-lain lagi.	Interruption from another Member (in Malay)
Dato' Suleiman bin Dato' Abdul Rahman	UMNO	Minister of the Interior	P.092 Muar Selatan	On a point of Order. Is this a speech or a question?	Interruption from another Minister
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	These are questions I am asking the Minister. Is he prepared to grant the same allowances? If that is not a question, please tell me what a question is.	Supplementary Question 3
Tun Abdul Razak	UMNO	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	P.062 Pekan	Kerajaan Persekutuan hanya mencadangkan hendak membayar gaji kepada Pegawai Tentera kita mengikut keadaan di negeri kita dan tidak bercadang hendak menyamakan gaji tentera Persekutuan dengan gaji tentera yang lain.	Oral Reply (in Malay)
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Ahli-Ahli Yang Berhormat, masanya yang diuntukkan kerana soalan lisan telah sampailah masanya iaitu satu (1) jam sahaja. Yang demikian mengikut Standing Orders 24(5) tidak boleh lagi soalan-soalan yang diminta jawab secara lisan dilangsungkan lagi. Jadi soalan yang belum dijawab secara lisan pada hari ini akan dijawab dengan bertulis.	Instruction from the Speaker (in Malay)
Dato' Onn bin Jaafar	Parti Negara	Member of Parliament	P.027 Kuala Trengganu Selatan	Tuan Pengerusi, tidaklah boleh disambung soalan-soalan ini? Dalam Standing Orders mengatakan setiap soalan tidak boleh dikemukakan selepas masa yang ditentukan iaitu Standing Order 24(5) yang mengatakan bahawa mesyuarat ini akan bersidang selama 10 hari maka "Sitting 10 hari" kenapakah tidak boleh diberikan 3 - 4 soalan dalam satu hari.	Interruption from another Member (in Malay)
Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar	UMNO	The Speaker, Dewan Rakyat	P.100 Johore Bahru Timor	Mengikut Standing Order tidak boleh.	Instruction from the Speaker (in Malay)
Laughter

2^nd Meeting (22 Feb 1960 - 24 Feb 1960)

22 Feb 1960, Monday

Question No. 1 and 2: Teaching of Malay by Political Organisations

Question No. 1: Teaching of Malay by Political Organisations

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat		Question
Encik Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.061 Kuantan		Oral Reply (in Malay)

Question No. 2: Teaching of Malay by Political Organisations

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
Mr. Lim Kean Siew	LPM	Member of Parliament	P.037 Dato' Kramat		Question
Encik Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib	UMNO	Minister of Education	P.061 Kuantan		Oral Reply (in Malay)

Question No. 3: Constitutionality of Appointment of Deputy Prime Minister

Question No. 3: Constitutionality of Appointment of Deputy Prime Minister

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
					Question
					Oral Reply

Question No. 4, 5 and 6: Special Committee on Education Policy

Question No. 4: Special Committee on Education Policy

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
					Question
					Oral Reply

Question No. 5: Special Committee on Education Policy

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
					Question
					Oral Reply

Question No. 6: Special Committee on Education Policy

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
					Question
					Oral Reply

Question No. 7: Reduction of Duty on Fuel and Diesel Oil

Question No. 7: Reduction of Duty on Fuel and Diesel Oil

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
					Question
					Oral Reply

Question No. 8: Lower Certificate of Education Examination

Question No. 8: Lower Certificate of Education Examination

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
					Question
					Oral Reply

Question No. 9: University of Malaya (Establishment of Department of Chinese Studies)

Question No. 9: University of Malaya (Establishment of Department of Chinese Studies)

Member	Representing	Position	Constituency	Question / Answer	Comment
					Question
					Oral Reply

Question No. 10: Popularisation of the National Language

Question No. 10: Popularisation of the National Language

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Question No. 11: Participation of Non-Government Teachers in Politics

Question No. 11: Participation of Non-Government Teachers in Politics

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Question No. 12: Secondary Schools Entrance Examination, 1959

Question No. 12: Secondary Schools Entrance Examination, 1959

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23 Feb 1960, Tuesday

Question No. 1: Maternity Hospital, Penang (Case of Alleged Refusal of Admission)

Question No. 1: Maternity Hospital, Penang (Case of Alleged Refusal of Admission)

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Question No. 2: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 2: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 3: Review Commission on Detentions

Question No. 3: Review Commission on Detentions

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Question No. 4: Doctors in One-Doctor Hospitals Leave Arrangement

Question No. 4: Doctors in One-Doctor Hospitals Leave Arrangement

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Question No. 5: The Employment Ordinance, 1955 (Conditions Governing Termination of Employment)

Question No. 5: The Employment Ordinance, 1955 (Conditions Governing Termination of Employment)

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Question No. 6: The Employment Ordinance, 1955 (Inclusion of Penalty Provision for Contravention of Section 59(1))

Question No. 6: The Employment Ordinance, 1955 (Inclusion of Penalty Provision for Contravention of Section 59(1))

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Question No. 7 and 8: Superannuated Students

Question No. 7: Superannuated Students

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Question No. 8: Superannuated Students

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Question No. 9: Banned Folk Songs

Question No. 9: Banned Folk Songs

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24 Feb 1960, Wednesday

Question No. 1: Federation of Malaya Annual Report

Question No. 1: Federation of Malaya Annual Report

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Question No. 2: The Wages Commission - Report

Question No. 2: The Wages Commission - Report

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2^nd Session (20 Apr 1960 - 11 Feb 1961)

1^st Meeting (20 Apr 1960 - 22 Dec 1960)

20 Apr 1960, Wednesday

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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20 Apr 1960, Wednesday

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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20 Apr 1960, Wednesday

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

Question No. 1: Detainee Mr. R. Balan

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