PERMISSION TO MEMBERS TO BE ABSENT

Under the provisions of clause 2 (d) of Article 30 of the Constitution of Singapore, I have granted permission to the following Members to be or to remain absent from sittings of Parliament (or any committee of Parliament to which they have been appointed) for the periods stated:-

Mr Sim Boon Woo (Changi) - from 12th to 13th August, 1971.

Mr Teong Eng Siong (Sembawang) - from 16th August to 3rd September, 1971.

Inche Sha'ari Bin Tadin (Kampong Chai Chee), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture - from 21st to 27th August, and from 20th to 28th September, 1971.

Mr Sia Kah Hui (Upper Serangoon), Minister of State for Labour - from 25th August to 18th September, 1971.

Mr Chan Chee Seng (Jalan Besar), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Affairs - from 25th August to 22nd September, 1971.

Mr Low Yong Nguan (Crawford) - from 26th August to 15th September, 1971.

Mr Tang See Chim (Choa Chu Kang), Minister of State for Finance - from 2nd to 7th September, 1971.

Dr Augustine H. H. Tan (Whampoa) - from 11th to 18th September, and from 23rd to 28th October, 1971.

Inche A. Rahim Ishak (Siglap), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs - from 13th to 18th September, 1971.

Mr Jek Yeun Thong (Queenstown), Minister for Culture - from 16th September to 10th October, 1971.

Mr Hon Sui Sen (Havelock), Minister for Finance - from 17th September to 8th October, and from 20th to 31st October, 1971.

Mr S. Rajaratnam (Kampong Glam), Minister for Foreign Affairs - from 23rd September to 21st October, 1971.

Inche Mohd. Ghazali Bin Ismail (Aljunied), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education - from 28th September to 10th November, 1971.

Mr J. F. Conceicao (Katong) - from 4th to 24th October, 1971.

Dr Lee Chiaw Meng (Farrer Park), Minister of State for Education - from 5th to 9th October, 1971.

Mr L. P. Rodrigo (Serangoon Gardens), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs - from 16th to 18th October, 1971.

Mr Lee Kuan Yew (Tanjong Pagar), Prime Minister - from 19th October to 22nd November, 1971.

Mr Chua Sian Chin (MacPherson), Minister for Health - from 30th October to 14th November, 1971.

YEOH GHIM SENG Speaker, Parliament of Singapore