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When conditions change and when more of the Island buc.ES suburban, this subject can and no doubt will be re-considered. For the present we favour a policy of gradual extension of Municipal boundaries so as to take in urban and suburban areas (as distinguished from rural areas) as they get built up (or possibly even in advance of that) but we are not in favour of whole sale incorporation of rural areas.
(c) We have considere1 the desirability of making recommendations
for the inclusion within the Municipal limits of certain specified areas but having already made cur recommendations on the principles to be followed in extending the Municipal Boundaries we think the application of those principles should be left to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners.
We do not recommend ny immedis te alteration in the scope of
the Administration of the Town of Singapore either as to area or scope of
duties. If the Singapore Municipal Commissioners consider that any such
alteration is desirable they can of course make their own recommendations
at any time.
9.
We do not consider that our recommendations involve any
alteration in the financial arrangements of the Singapore Municipal
Commissioners.
10.
We have discussed the appointment of a Mayor as unpaid head of
the Municipality, working with a Commissioner as paid Senior Executive
Officer, following the practice in India snl Ceylon. We consider that
the changes which we have recommended are already wide in their scope and
that any such additional change should wait until the result of the
working of the changes already recommended can be ascertained.
new Commissioners can always make their own recommendations on such a
matter.
The
11.
We put forward as a Schedule to this Report recommendations for
statutory provisions for Electoral registors of Municipal Electors.
Dated this 19th day of August, 1946.
J. Laycock, Chairman,
W. Bartley
H.P. Bryson
Lee Chim Tuen
Tan Chin Tuan
N.A. Mellal
F.J. Kemlo
Abdul Aziz bin Ishak
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