PERMISSION TO MEMBERS TO BE ABSENT

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

Mr Tan Soo Khoon (Alexandra) - from 30th June to 8th July, 1980.

Mr Jek Yuen Thong (Queenstown), Minister - from 1st July to 31st December, 1980.

Encik Othman bin Wok (Pasir Panjang), Minister - from 1st July to 31st December, 1980.

Haji Ya'acob bin Mohamed (Kampong Ubi), Minister of State - from 1st July to 31st December, 1980.

Mr J.F. Conceicao (Katong) - from 1st July to 31st December, 1980.

Dr Chiang Hai Ding (Ulu Pandan) - from 1st July to 31st December, 1980.

Mr Goh Chok Tong (Marine Parade), Minister for Trade and Industry - from 2nd to 12th July and from 28th July to 6th August, 1980.

Mr Lim Kim San, D.U.T. (Cairnhill), Minister for the Environment - from 3rd to 5th July, 1980.

Mr S. Dhanabalan (Kallang), Minister for Foreign Affairs - from 3rd to 5th July, 1980.

Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam (Sembawang), Minister of Education - from 3rd to 5th July, 1980.

Mr S. Rajaratnam (Kampong Glam), Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs) - from 7th to 10th July and from 3rd to 6th August, 1980.

Mr Chan Chee Seng (Jalan Besar) - from 17th to 19th July, 1980.

Mr Ho Kah Leong (Jurong) - from 21st July to 12th August, 1980.

Mr C.V Devan Nair (Anson) - from 21st to 25th July, 1980.

Mr Ong Teng Cheong (Kim Keat), Minister for Communications and Acting Minister for Culture - from 24th to 27th July, 1980.

Dr Tan Eng Liang (River Valley) - from 26th to 31st July, 1980.

Mr Lee Yiok Seng (Bukit Panjang), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for National Development - from 28th July to 6th August, 1980.

Mr Chai Chong Yii (Bukit Batok), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education - from 9th to 14th August, 1980.

Mr Eugene Yap Giau Cheng (Mountbatten) - from 24th August to 5th September, 1980.

Mr Teh Cheang Wan (Geylang West), Minister for National Development - from 12th September to 7th October, 1980.

Mr Lee Kuan Yew (Tanjong Pagar), Prime Minister - on 29th July, 1980.

YEOH GHIM SENG Speaker, Parliament of Singapore