To
His Excellency the Governor of Singapore.
Sir,
Annexure
A
Terms of Reference.
Annexure
B Minutes of Meetings.
The Hunicipal Constitution Committee was appointed by you on or about the 15th May, 1946 to make recommendations for the early re-establishment of the Singapore Municipality. The nomes of the members and the terms of reference are fully set out in the letter dated 15th May, 1946 from the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, to the members of the Committee a copy whereof accompanies this report as onnexure A. Mr. Lee Siow Mong was appointed to be the Secretary of the Committee.
2.
The Committee has held seven meetings and a copy of the Minutes of these meetings accompanies this Report as annexure B.
3.
Before making any Jecisions on the questions of substance involved in the terms of reference, the Committee caused to be published in the local newspapers circulating in Singapore advertisements welcoming suggestions on the matters concerned from any Association
or any member of the public.
These advertisements were published
in the following newspapers on the following fates namely:
(1)
The Straits Times:
(ii)
31st May, 1st and 3rd June, 1946. The Malaya Tribune: 31st May, 1st and 3rd June, 1946.
(iii)
The Sin Chew Jit Poh: 1st, 3rd and 5th June, 1946.
(iv)
The Nanyang Siang Peu: 31st May, 1st and 3rd June, 1946.
(v)
The Utusan Melayu:
30th May, 3rd and 7th June, 1946.
(11)
The Tamil Murasu:
40
30th May, 3rd and 4th June, 1946.
The Committee also obtained from Ceylon and India copies
of Ordinances and other information relating to the Municipa 1
Constitutions of Ceylon, of Colombo, and of Bombay.
5.
Suggestions were received by the Committee, in reply to the
said advertisements, from the following Associations and persons namely :-
The Singapore Ratepayers Association.
The Malay Union, Singapore.
The Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore.
The Clerical Union, Singapore.
The Sinhalese Association of Singapore,
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