ELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER

Parliament of Singapore · 1 September 2004 · 10th Parliament

Official Report, 1 September 2004, Vol 78, Issue 3 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Wong Kan SengZainudin Nordin

ELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER:

The Leader of the House (Mr Wong Kan Seng): Mr Speaker, Sir, with the appointment of Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, the former Deputy Speaker, as the Minister of State, I now propose that Mr S Iswaran be elected as a Deputy Speaker of this Parliament.

Mr Iswaran was elected to Parliament in 1997. He has sat on several parliamentary committees, including the House Committee and the Standing Orders Committee. He is also a member of theSingapore-Asia Pacific Rim Regional Group and the Singapore-Southeast Asia Regional Group. He hasattended several conferences and isthe Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's Regional Representative for Southeast Asia. I believe he is well able to assist you in the performance of your duties.

Mr Zainudin Nordin (Bishan-Toa Payoh): MrSpeaker, Sir, I support the proposal.

Mr Speaker: There being no other proposals, I declareMr S Iswaran to have been duly elected as a Deputy Speaker of this Parliament. [ Applause ].

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 1 September 2004. Republished on SGParliament.