PERMISSION TO MEMBERS TO BE ABSENT

Under the provisions of clause 2(d) of Article 46 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, the following Members have been granted permission 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 Yeo Ning Hong (Kim Seng), Minister of State, Ministry of Defence - from 2nd to 5th November, 1981.

Dr Wan Soon Bee (West Coast) - from 2nd to 8th November and from 7th to 10th December, 1981.

Mr Lee Khoon Choy (Braddell Heights), Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office - from 2nd to 10th November and from 7th December, 1981 to 1st January, 1982.

Mr Yeo Toon Chia (Ang Mo Kio) - from 6th to 14th November, 1981.

Mr E.W. Barker (Tanglin), Minister for Law and Leader of the House - from 8th to 14th November, 1981.

Mr Eric Cheong Yuen Chee (Toa Pavah) - from 9th to 20th November, 1981.

Mr Goh Chok Tong (Marine Parade), Minister for Health and Second Minister of Defence - on 11th and 12th November, 1981.

Encik Abbas Abu Amin, P.P.A. (Pasir Panjang) - on llth and 12th November and from 4th to 16th December, 1981.

Mr P. Selvadurai (Kuo Chuan) - from 14th to 18th November and from 3rd to 12th December, 1981.

Mr S. Rajaratnam (Kampong Glam), Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs) - from 21st to 24th November and from 11th to 13th December, 1981.

Mr S. Dhanabalan (Kallang), Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Culture - from 21st to 24th November and from 9th to 11th December, 1981.

Mr Rohan bin Kamis (Telok Blangah) - from 22nd November to 8th December, 1981.

Mr Yeo Choo Kok (Delta) - from 23rd to 28th November, 1981.

Mr Chan Chee Seng (Jalan Besar), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Industry - from 24th November to 5th December, 1981.

Mr Sia Khoon Seong (Moulmein) - from 1st to 26th December, 1981.

Mr Ng Kah Ting (Punggol) - from 3rd to 30th December, 1981.

Mr Ong Teng Cheong (Kim Keat), Minister for Communications and Minister for Labour - from 5th to 12th December, 1981.

Mr Bernard Chen (Clementi) - from 5th to 14th December, 1981.

Encik Othman bin Haron Eusofe (Geylang Serai) - from 7th to 10th December, 1981.

Dr Chau Sik Ting, P.B.M. (Thomson) - from 7th to 12th December, 1981.

Mr Chor Yeok Eng (Bukit Timah), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment - from 7th to 19th December, 1981.

Mr Chua Sian Chin (MacPherson), Minister for Home Affairs - from 7th to 25th December, 1981.

Mr Teh Cheang Wan (Geylang West), Minister for National Development - from 11th to 17th December, 1981.

Encik Saidi Haji Shariff (Kaki Bukit) - from 13th to 19th December, 1981.

Mr Tang See Chim (Chua Chu Kang) - from 15th to 27th December, 1981.

Mr S. Chandra Das (Chong Boon) - from 20th December, 1981 to 4th January, 1982.

Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, P.B.M. (Cairnhill), Minister of State, Ministry of Labour - from 25th to 28th December, 1981.

Dr Tay Eng Soon, P.B.M. (River Valley), Minister of State, Ministry of Education - from 26th December, 1981 to 3rd January, 1982.

Dr Lau Teik Soon (Serangoon Gardens) - from 28th to 31st December, 1981.

YEOH GHIM SENG, Speaker, Parliament of Singapore