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 sinings of Parliament (or any Committee of Parliament to which they have been appointed) for the periods stated:-

Encik Saidi Haji Shariff (Kaki Bukit) - from 23rd to 27th December, 1983.

Dr Augustine H.H. Tan (Whampoa) - from 29th December, 1983 to 2nd January, 1984.

Dr Ahmad Mattar (Brickworks), Acting Minister for Social Affairs - from 30th December, 1983 to 14th January, 1983.

Mr S. Rajaratnam (Kampong Glam), Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs) - from 5th January to 29th February, 1984.

Mr S. Dhanabalan (Kallang), Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Culture - from 6th to 8th January, 1984.

Mr Bernard Chen (Clementi) - from 7th to 13th January, 1984.

Mr Ong Pang Boon (Telok Ayer), Minister for the Environment -from 7th to 28th January, 1984.

Mr Lee Khoon Choy (Braddell Heights), Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office - from 13th to 14th January, 1984.

Mr Lim Chee Onn (Bukit Merah) -from 13th to 20th January, 1984.

Encik Othman bin Haron Eusofe (Geylang Serai) - from 15th to 28th January, 1984.

Mr M.K.A. Jabbar (Radin Mas) - from 15th January to 5th February, 1984.

Encik Sidek bin Saniff (Kolam Ayer), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister for Social Affairs - from 16th to 19th January, 1984.

Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam (Sembawang), Minister for Finance and lwlnister for Trade and Industry - from 16th to 19th January, 1984.

Mr Sia Khoon Seong (Moulmein) - from 16th to 20th January, 1984.

Mr P. Selvadurai (Kuo Chuan) - on 17th January, 1984.

Mr S. Chandra Das (Chong Boon) - from 18th to 25th January, 1984.

YEOH GHIM SENG Speaker, Parliament of Singapore