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 Ng Pock Too (Nee Soon Central) - from 12th to 14th November, 16th to 25th November and from 12th to 18th December, 1990.

Mr Chng Hee Kok (Tiong Bahru GRC) - from 14th to 19th November, 1990.

Mr Wong Kan Seng (Toa Payoh GRC), Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Community Development and Leader of the House - from 19th to 24th November and from 15th to 16th December, 1990.

Mr Loh Meng See (Kampong Glam) - from 22nd to 23rd November and from 13th to 17th December, 1990.

Dr Wan Soon Bee (Pasir Panjang GRC) - on 23rd November, from 26th to 27th November, from 30th November to 2nd December and from 6th to 22nd December, 1990.

Mr Tan Soo Khoon (Brickworks GRC), Speaker - from 25th to 28th November, 1990.

Mr Philip Tan Tee Yong (Paya Lebar) - from 26th to 28th November, 1990.

Mr Lee Yock Suan (Cheng San GRC), Minister for Labour from 29th November to 17th December, 1990.

Mr Davinder Singh (Toa Payoh GRC) - from 30th November to 11th December and on 20th December, 1990.

Mr Chin Harn Tong (Aljunied GRC) - from 1st to 15th December, 1990.

Dr Hu Tsu Tau, Richard (Kreta Ayer), Minister for Finance - from 2nd to 19th December, 1990.

Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam (Sembawang GRC), Minister for Education - from 2nd to 14th December, 1990.

Encik Abbas Abu Amin (Pasir Panjang GRC) - from 2nd to 8th December, 1990.

Encik Sidek bin Saniff (Jalan Besar GRC), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education - from 2nd to 14th December, 1990.

Mr Tang Guan Seng (Hougang), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education - from 2nd to 24th December, 1990.

Mr Mah Bow Tan (Tampines GRC), Minister of State, Ministry of Communicatons and Ministry of Trade and Industry - from 2nd to 14th December and from 22nd December, 1990 to 1st January, 1991.

Mr Sia Khoon Seong (Moulmein) - from 3rd to 8th December and from 24th to 31st December, 1990.

Encik Yatiman Yusof (Tampines GRC), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs - from 3rd to 15th December, 1990.

Mr Goh Choon Kang (Braddell Heights) - from 3rd to 15th December, 1990.

Mr Ng Kah Ting (Punggol) - from 5th to 16th December, 1990.

BG Lee Hsien Loong (Teck Ghee), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry - from 5th to 12th December and from 24th to 31st December, 1990.

Mr Lim Chee Onn (Bukit Merah) - from 5th to 8th December and from 12th to 18th December, 1990.

Mr Chay Wai Chuen (Brickworks GRC) - from 8th to 13th December, 1990.

Mr Abdullah Tarmugi (Siglap), Deputy Speaker - from 9th to 14th December, 1990.

Encik Ibrahim Othman (Bedok GRC) - from 9th to 13th December, 1990.

Dr Ow Chin Hock (Leng Kee) - from 10th December, 1990

to 30th June, 1991.

Mr Lim Boon Heng (Kebun Baru), Deputy Speaker - from 10th to 15th December, 1990.

Mr Lau Ping Sum (Yio Chu Kang) - from 10th to 29th December, 1990.

Mr Heng Chiang Meng (Cheng San GRC) - from 10th to 11th December, 1990.

Mr Choo Wee Khiang (Marine Parade GRC) - from 11th to 16th December, 1990.

Mr Goh Chee Wee (Boon Lay) - from 12th to 22nd December, 1990.

Dr Ahmad Mattar (Brickworks GRC), Minister for the Environment - from 12th to 16th December, 1990.

Mr Goh Chok Tong (Marine Parade GRC), Prime Minister and Minister for Defence - on 14th December, 1990.

Prof S. Jayakumar (Bedok GRC), Minister for Law and Minister for Home Affairs - from 17th to 30th December, 1990.

Mr Bernard Chen (Pasir Panjang GRC) - from 17th December 1990 to 4th January, 1991.

Mr S. Chandra Das (Cheng San GRC) - from 17th to 30th December, 1990.

Dr Wang Kai Yuen (Bukit Timah) - from 19th to 21st December, 1990.

Mr Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir) - from 18th to 31st December, 1990.

Mr Yeo Cheow Tong (Hong Kah GRC), Minister for Health from 20th to 23rd December, 1990.

Dr Hong Hai (Bedok GRC) - from 21st to 26th December, 1990.

Dr Yeo Ning Hong (Kim Seng), Minister for Communications and Second Minister for Defence from 23rd to 28th December, 1990.

Dr Seet Ai Mee (Bukit Gombak), Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development and Ministry of Education - from 24th December, 1990 to 13th January, 1991.

Encik Zulkifli bin Mohammed (Eunos GRC) - from 24th to 31st December, 1990.

TAN SOO KHOON Speaker Parliament of Singapore