HIDDEN_ELECTION OF SPEAKER

Parliament of Singapore · 2 November 2006 · 11th Parliament

Official Report, 2 November 2006, Vol 82, Issue 1 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Cedric Foo Chee KengWong Kan Seng

At 4.00 pm the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms laid the Mace below the Table.

ELECTION OF SPEAKER:

The Leader of the House (Mr Wong Kan Seng): stood up, and addressing himself to the Clerk of Parliament said : Ms Ng, I do propose,

That Mr Abdullah Tarmugi do take the Chair of this Parliament as Speaker.

Mr Cedric Foo Chee Keng (West Coast): stood up, and addressing himself to the Clerk of Parliament said : Ms Ng, I support the proposal.

There being only one proposal, the Clerk then declared Mr Abdullah Tarmugi to have been duly elected as Speaker of this Parliament. [Applause.]

Mr Speaker, standing at the Table, made an Affirmation of Allegiance.

Mr Speaker went to the Chair and sat down .

Then the Mace (which before lay below the Table) was placed on the Table.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 2 November 2006. Republished on SGParliament.