PRESIDENT'S SPEECH (Address of Thanks) (Announcement by Mr Speaker)

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

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:

Name | From | To (1997) | (1997) Mr Tang Guan Seng | 9 June | 19 June 7 July | 10 July Mr David T E Lim | 10 June | 13 June 16 June | 21 June 24 June | 28 June 8 July | 16 July Dr Lily Neo | 11 June | 20 June Mr Sin Boon Ann | 11 June | 26 June Mr Chew Heng Ching | 12 June | 25 June Mr Davinder Singh | 13 June | 23 June 11 July | 11 July Mr Inderjit Singh | 14 June | 23 June Mr Ahmad Mohd Magad | 15 June | 18 June 25 June | 30 June Mr Charles Chong | 15 June | 18 June Mrs Lim Hwee Hua | 16 June | 18 June Prof S Jayakumar | 16 June | 18 June 28 June | 2 July Mr R Sinnakaruppan | 17 June | 24 June Mr Abdullah Tarmugi | 18 June | 20 June Dr Wang Kai Yuen | 23 June | 25 June 20 July | 26 July Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed | 24 June | 30 June Dr John Chen Seow Phun | 25 June | 27 June Dr Toh See Kiat | 25 June | 14 July

Mr Loh Meng See | 26 June | 5 July Encik Yatiman Yusof | 26 June | 30 June BG George Yong-Boon Yeo | 26 June | 4 July Dr S Vasoo | 28 June | 6 July Mr Peh Chin Hua | 28 June | 4 July Mr Chay Wai Chuen | 30 June | 8 July Mr Peter Chen | 1 July | 5 July Mr Ong Kian Min | 2 July | 11 July Mr Tan Soo Khoon | 4 July | 5 July Dr Michael Lim Chun Leng | 5 July | 8 July Mr Goh Chee Wee | 9 July | 11 July 25 July | 27 July 7 August | 8 August Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon | 10 July | 20 July Mr Heng Chiang Meng | 11 July | 23 July Mr Bernard Chen | 12 July | 18 July RAdm Teo Chee Hean | 14 July | 16 July Dr Tan Cheng Bock | 14 July | 15 July Mr Seng Han Thong | 9 Sept | 17 Sept

TAN SOO KHOON Speaker Parliament of Singapore

Mr Speaker: Order. I have to inform hon. Members that I have on 6th June 1997 communicated to the President the Address agreed to by Resolution of this Parliament on 5th June 1997.