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 (1999/200 | (1999/200 0) | 0) Mr Simon S C Tay | 28 Nov | 5 Dec 16 Dec | 18 Dec 12 Jan | 16 Jan 23 Jan | 26 Jan Mr Zulkifli Baharudin | 29 Nov | 1 Dec 5 Dec | 7 Dec 9 Dec | 9 Dec Mr Chng Hee Kok | 29 Nov | 3 Dec 18 Jan | 23 Jan

Name | From | To (1999/200 | (1999/200 0) | 0) Mr Tan Soo Khoon | 1 Dec | 2 Dec 10 Dec | 18 Dec 22 Dec | 23 Dec 5 Jan | 15 Jan 20 Jan | 22 Jan Dr Wan Soon Bee | 2 Dec | 7 Dec Mr R Sinnakaruppan | 3 Dec | 3 Dec 8 Dec | 9 Dec 13 Dec | 14 Dec 17 Dec | 20 Dec 9 Jan | 14 Jan 18 Jan | 22 Jan Mr Lew Syn Pau | 4 Dec | 29 Dec Mr Yeo Guat Kwang | 5 Dec | 9 Dec 20 Dec | 23 Dec 19 Jan | 23 Jan Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed | 5 Dec | 18 Dec Mr Goh Chok Tong | 6 Dec | 10 Dec 13 Jan | 14 Jan 17 Jan | 22 Jan Prof S Jayakumar | 6 Dec | 10 Dec 17 Dec | 21 Dec 23 Dec | 29 Dec 13 Jan | 14 Jan 17 Jan | 25 Jan Dr Ho Tat Kin | 6 Dec | 10 Dec Mr Charles Chong | 6 Dec | 17 Dec 7 Jan | 9 Jan Mr Tang Guan Seng | 6 Dec | 18 Dec Mr Bernard Chen | 7 Dec | 10 Dec Mr Ahmad Md Magad | 7 Dec | 12 Dec 21 Dec | 29 Dec Mr K Shanmugam | 7 Dec | 18 Dec Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim | 9 Dec | 10 Dec 29 Dec | 31 Dec 7 Jan | 7 Jan Mr Lim Boon Heng | 9 Dec | 14 Dec 26 Dec | 28 Dec 19 Jan | 22 Jan Mr Hawazi Daipi | 9 Dec | 17 Dec 19 Jan | 22 Jan Dr Lily Neo | 9 Dec | 19 Dec 8 Jan | 15 Jan Mr Ong Kian Min | 11 Dec | 18 Dec Mr Heng Chiang Meng | 12 Dec | 16 Dec 20 Dec | 21 Dec 3 Jan | 15 Jan Mr Chew Heng Ching | 13 Dec | 14 Dec Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon | 13 Dec | 27 Dec Mrs Lim Hwee Hua | 15 Dec | 24 Dec 28 Jan | 29 Jan

Name | From | To (1999/200 | (1999/200 0) | 0) Mr Chiam See Tong | 15 Dec | 9 Jan Mr Ang Mong Seng | 16 Dec | 23 Dec Mr David T E Lim | 17 Dec | 19 Dec Mr Tay Beng Chuan | 17 Dec | 21 Dec 5 Jan | 8 Jan 12 Jan | 14 Jan RAdm Teo Chee Hean | 20 Dec | 23 Dec 24 Jan | 25 Jan 27 Jan | 28 Jan Encik Yatiman Yusof | 23 Dec | 27 Dec Dr Hu Tsu Tau Richard | 23 Dec | 2 Jan Mr Peh Chin Hua | 25 Dec | 7 Jan 18 Jan | 29 Jan Mr Kenneth Chen Koon Lap | 27 Dec | 30 Dec 10 Jan | 14 Jan 20 Jan | 25 Jan Mr Loh Meng See | 10 Jan | 13 Jan 17 Jan | 31 Jan Mr Peter Chen | 10 Jan | 30 Jan Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam | 12 Jan | 14 Jan Mr Leong Horn Kee | 12 Jan | 15 Jan BG George Yong-Boon Yeo | 13 Jan | 14 Jan 19 Jan | 2 Feb Encik Sidek Saniff | 16 Jan | 20 Jan Mr Othman Haron Eusofe | 16 Jan | 27 Jan Mr Davinder Singh | 17 Jan | 23 Jan Mr Lim Swee Say | 17 Jan | 25 Jan Dr Wang Kai Yuen | 18 Jan | 30 Jan Mr Seng Han Thong | 19 Jan | 23 Jan Mr Inderjit Singh | 26 Jan | 28 Jan Mr Chan Soo Sen | 5 Feb | 7 Feb Dr Ong Chit Chung | 14 Feb | 19 Feb Mr Thomas Thomas | 19 Jan | 23 Jan

TAN SOO KHOON Speaker Parliament of Singapore