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 Tay Eng Soon (Eunos GRC), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education - from 21st to 22nd July, 1990.

Mr Choo Wee Khiang (Marine Parade GRC) - from 21st to 27th July, 1990.

Mr Loh Meng See (Kampong Glam) - from 23rd to 25th July, 1990.

Encik Sidek bin Saniff (Jalan Besar GRC), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education - from 28th to 31st July, 1990.

Dr Yeo Ning Hong (Kim Seng), Minister for Communications and Information and Second Minister for Defence (Policy) - from 28th to 31st July, 1990.

Mr Ong Teng Cheong (Kim Keat), Second Deputy Prime Minister - from 27th to 28th July, 1990.

Dr Hong Hai (Bedok GRC) - from 28th to 31st July, 1990.

Mr Lim Chee Onn (Bukit Merah) - from 30th July to 1st August and from 21st to 25th August, 1990.

Mr Sia Khoon Seong (Moulmein) - from 13th to 17th August and from 3rd to 7th September, 1990.

Mr Tan Soo Khoon (Brickworks GRC), Speaker - from 14th to 17th August and from 3rd to 6th September, 1990.

Encik Yatiman Yusof (Tampines GRC), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs - from 14th to 17th August, 1990.

Mr Bernard Chen (Pasir Panjang GRC) - from 14th to 15th August, 24th August and from 30th to 31st August, 1990.

Mr Charles Chong (Sembawang GRC) - from 17th to 20th August and from 27th August to 27th September, 1990.

Mr Teo Chong Tee (Changi) - from 19th to 24th August, 1990.

Mr S. Chandra Das (Cheng San GRC) - from 20th to 24th August, 1990.

Mr Chay Wai Chuen (Brickworks GRC) - from 21st to 30th August, 1990.

Dr Seet Ai Mee (Bukit Gombak), Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development and Ministry of Education - from 24th to 31st August, 1990.

Dr Augustine H. H. Tan (Whampoa) -from 26th to 29th August, 1990.

BG George Yong-Boon Yeo (Aljunied GRC), Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs - on 27th August, 1990.

Dr Koh Lip Lin (Nee Soon South) - from 27th to 29th August, 1990.

Encik Abbas Abu Amin (Pasir Panjang GRC) - from 27th to 30th August, 1990.

Mr K Shanmugam (Sembawang GRC) - on 30th August, 1990.

Dr Wan Soon Bee (Pasir Panjang GRC) - from 31st August to 1st September, 1990.

Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam (Sembawang GRC), Minister for Education - from 1st to 15th September, 1990.

Mr Mah Bow Tan (Tampines GRC), Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information and Ministry of Trade and Industry - from 3rd to 4th September, 1990.

Dr Wong Kwei Cheong (Cairnhill) - from 4th to 10th September, 1990.

Encik Othman bin Haron Eusofe (Marine Parade GRC) - from 5th to 7th September, 1990.

Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon (Yuhua) - from 19th September to 2nd October, 1990

Dr Ahmad Mattar (Brickworks GRC), Minister for the Environment - from 3rd to 7th September, 1990.

Prof. S. Jayakumar (Bedok GRC), Minister for Law and Minister for Home Affairs - on 30th August, 1990.

TAN SOO KHOON Speaker Parliament of Singapore