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:-

Mr Lim Chee Onn (Bukit Merah) - from 4th to 7th September and from 16th to 24th September, 1989.

Dr Hong Hai (Bedok GRC) - from 5th to 9th September, 1989.

Mr Choo Wee Khiang (Marine Parade GRC) - on 6th September and from 19th to 23rd September, 1989.

Dr Aline K. Wong (Tampines GRC) - from 9th to 28th September, 1989.

Mr Lim Boon Heng (Kebun Baru), Deputy Speaker - from 9th to 30th September,1989.

Mr Leong Horn Kee (Thomson) - from 9th to 29th September and from 17th October to 19th November, 1989.

Mr S. Chandra Das (Cheng San GRC) - from 9th to 29th September, 1989.

Encik Abdul Nasser bin Kamaruddin (Hong Kah GRC) - from 9th to 30th September and from 2nd to 20th October, 1989.

BG Lee Hsien Loong (Teck Ghee), Minister for Trade and Industry and Second Minister for Defence (Services) - from 10th to 12th September, 1989.

Mr Tan Soo Khoon (Brickworks GRC), Speaker - from 11th to 15th September and from 13th to 26th October, 1989.

Dr Wong Kwei Cheong (Cairnhill) - from 14th to 16th September and from 13th to 18th October, 1989.

Mr Heng Chiang Meng (Cheng San GRC) - from 14th to 28th September, 1989.

Dr Lee Boon Yang (Jalan Besar GRC), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Home Affairs and Government Whip - from 15th to 17th September, 1989.

Mr Goh Chok Tong (Marine Parade GRC), First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence - from 15th to 17th September, 1989.

Mr Ng Pock Too (Nee Soon Central) - from 16th September to 1st October and from 13th to 26th October, 1989.

Mr Charles Chong (Sembawang GRC) - from 16th to 22nd September, 1989.

Dr Hu Tsu Tau, Richard (Kreta Ayer), Minister for Finance - from 16th September to 1st October and from 6th to 7th October, 1989.

Mr Wong Kan Seng (Toa Payoh GRC), Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Community Development and Leader of the House - from 19th September to 8th October, 1989.

Mr Lew Syn Pau (Tanglin) - from 23rd to 24th September, from 7th to 11th October, from 14th to 15th October and from 22nd to 28th October, 1989.

Dr Augustine H.H. Tan (Whampoa) - from 25th to 30th September, 1989.

Encik Othman bin Haron Eusofe (Marine Parade GRC) - from 25th September to 12th October, 1989.

Encik Abbas Abu Amin (Pasir Panjang GRC) - from 28th to 30th September, 1989.

Mr Chin Harn Tong (Aljunied GRC) - from 29th September to 25th October, 1989.

Mr Chew Heng Ching (Eunos GRC) - from 30th September to 4th October, 1989.

Encik Yatiman Yusof (Tampines GRC), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs - from 2nd to 20th October, 1989.

Dr Wan Soon Bee (Pasir Panjang GRC) - from 4th to 6th October, 1989.

Dr Dixie Tan (Ulu Pandan) - from 5th to 8th October and from 12th to 26th October, 1989.

Mr Bernard Chen (Pasir Panjang GRC) - from 5th to 6th October, 1989.

Mr Eugene Yap Giau Cheng (Mountbatten), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Industry and the Minister for the Environment - on 6th October, 1989.

Mr Mah Bow Tan (Tampines GRC), Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information and Ministry of Trade and Industry - from 6th to 7th October, 1989.

Mr Goh Chee Wee (Boon Lay) - from 14th to 26th October, 1989.

TAN SOO KHOON Speaker Parliament of Singapore