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:-

Dr Chiang Hai Ding (Ulu Pandan) - from 17th April to 14th May, from 3rd to 10th June, and from 7th to 11th July, 1975.

Mr Jek Yeun Thong (Queenstown), Minister for Culture - from 22nd April to 5th May, 1975.

Mr Hon Sui Sen (Havelock), Minister for Finance - from 22nd to 27th April, 1975.

Haji Ya'acob Bin Mohamed (Kampung Ubi), Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office - from 23rd to 30th April, and on 29th July, 1975.

Dr Tan Eng Liang (River Valley), Minister of State for National Development - from 23rd April to 26th May, 1975.

Mr N. Govindasamy (Telok Blangah) from 23rd April to 7th May, and from 6th to 14th July, 1975.

Mr S. Rajaratnam (Kampung Glam), Minister for Foreign Affairs -from 24th April to 16th May, 1975.

Mr Sim Boon Woo (Changi) - from 28th April to 28th May, and from 16th to 21st June, 1975.

Mr Tang See Chim (Chua Chu Kang), Deputy Speaker, - from 3rd to 11th May, 1975.

Mr Yeo Choo Kok (Delta) - from 5th to 9th May, 1975.

Dr Ang Kok Peng (Crawford) - from 10th to 27th May, 1975.

Mr Lee Khoon Choy (Hong Lim), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs - from 12th to 16th May, and from 10th to 22nd June, 1975.

Mr P. Selvadurai (Kuo Chuan) - from 12th to 16th May, 1975.

Mr Ong Teng Cheong (Kim Keat), Minister of State for Communications - from 12th to 17th May, 1975.

Dr Augustine H. H. Tan (Whampoa) - from 14th to 15th May, from 18th to 24th May, and from 27th July to 2nd August, 1975.

Encik Abdul Aziz Karim (Kallang) - from 15th May to 3rd June, 1975.

Mr Sia Kah Hui (Upper Serangoon), Minister of State for Labour and Government Whip - from 22nd May to 2nd June, and from 5th to 14th June, 1975.

Mr Sia Khoon Seong (Moulmein) - from 24th May to 17th June, 1975.

Mr Ng Kah Ting (Punggol) - from 30th May to 22nd June, 1975.

Mr Tay Boon Too (Paya Lebar) - from 2nd to 6th June, 1975.

Encik A. Rahim Ishak (Siglap), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs - from 5th June to 31st December, 1975.

Haji Sha'ari Bin Tadin (Kampung Chai Chee), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture - from 9th to 17th June, 1975.

Mr Ong Soo Chuan (Neo Soon), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs - from 9th to 21st June, 1975.

Mr Chor Yeok Eng (Bukit Timah), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment - from 9th to 22nd June, 1975.

Mr Ong Pang Boon (Telok Ayer), Minister for Labour - from 16th to 20th June, 1975.

Mr Seah Mui Kok (Bukit Ho Swee) - from 20th to 28th June, 1975.

Mr Phua Bah Lee (Tampines), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence - from 28th June to 4th July, 1975.

Mr Ho Kah Leong (Jurong) - from 26th August to 7th September, 1975.

YEOH GHIM SENG Speaker, Parliament of Singapore