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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE
______Second Session ______
TUESDAY, 12TH JANUARY, 2010
No. 15 1.30 p.m. 94
PRESENT:
Mr SPEAKER (MR ABDULLAH TARMUGI (East Coast)). Mr ANG MONG SENG (Hong Kah). Mr BAEY YAM KENG (Tanjong Pagar). Dr BALAJI SADASIVAN (Ang Mo Kio), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr CALVIN CHENG (Nominated Member). Mr CHIAM SEE TONG (Potong Pasir). Mr CHARLES CHONG (Pasir Ris-Punggol). Mr CHRISTOPHER DE SOUZA (Holland-Bukit Timah). Mr ARTHUR FONG (West Coast). Ms GRACE FU HAI YIEN (Jurong), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Education. Mr GAN KIM YONG (Chua Chu Kang), Minister for Manpower. Mr GOH CHOK TONG (Marine Parade), Senior Minister, Prime Minister's Office. Mdm HALIMAH YACOB (Jurong). Mr HAWAZI DAIPI (Sembawang), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Manpower and Minister for Health. Mr HENG CHEE HOW (Jalan Besar), Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office. Mdm HO GEOK CHOO (West Coast). Assoc. Prof. HO PENG KEE (Nee Soon East), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Ministry of Home Affairs. Mr HRI KUMAR NAIR (Bishan-Toa Payoh). Mr INDERJIT SINGH (Ang Mo Kio), Deputy Government Whip. Ms INDRANEE RAJAH (Tanjong Pagar), Deputy Speaker. No. 15 12 JANUARY 2010 95
Mr S ISWARAN (West Coast), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education. Prof. S JAYAKUMAR (East Coast), Senior Minister, Prime Minister’s Office and Coordinating Minister for National Security. Mr KHAW BOON WAN (Sembawang), Minister for Health. Dr AMY KHOR LEAN SUAN (Hong Kah), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Deputy Government Whip. Assoc. Prof. KOO TSAI KEE (Tanjong Pagar), Minister of State, Ministry of Defence. Dr LAM PIN MIN (Ang Mo Kio). Er LEE BEE WAH (Ang Mo Kio). Dr LEE BOON YANG (Jalan Besar). Ms ELLEN LEE (Sembawang). Mr LIM BIOW CHUAN (Marine Parade). Mr LIM BOON HENG (Jurong), Minister, Prime Minister's Office. Mr LIM HNG KIANG (West Coast), Minister for Trade and Industry. Mr RAYMOND LIM SIANG KEAT (East Coast), Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr LIM SWEE SAY (Holland-Bukit Timah), Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Government Whip. Ms SYLVIA LIM (Non-Constituency Member). Dr LIM WEE KIAK (Sembawang). Ms PENNY LOW (Pasir Ris-Punggol). Mr LOW THIA KHIANG (Hougang). RAdm (NS) LUI TUCK YEW (Tanjong Pagar), Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts. Mr MASAGOS ZULKIFLI B M M (Tampines), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education and Minister for Home Affairs. Dr MOHAMAD MALIKI BIN OSMAN (Sembawang), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for National Development. Dr MUHAMMAD FAISHAL IBRAHIM (Marine Parade). Dr LILY NEO (Jalan Besar). Dr NG ENG HEN (Bishan-Toa Payoh), Minister for Education, Second Minister for Defence and Deputy Leader of the House. Ms IRENE NG PHEK HOONG (Tampines). Mr ONG AH HENG (Nee Soon Central). Mr ONG KIAN MIN (Tampines). Dr ONG SEH HONG (Marine Parade). Mr MICHAEL PALMER (Pasir Ris-Punggol). No. 15 12 JANUARY 2010 96
Mdm CYNTHIA PHUA (Aljunied). Ms DENISE PHUA LAY PENG (Jalan Besar). Mr SEAH KIAN PENG (Marine Parade). Mr SENG HAN THONG (Yio Chu Kang). Mr K SHANMUGAM (Sembawang), Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs. Mr SIN BOON ANN (Tampines). Mr SAM TAN CHIN SIONG (Tanjong Pagar), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Industry and Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts. Mrs MILDRED TAN (Nominated Member). Ms JESSICA TAN SOON NEO (East Coast). Assoc. Prof. PAULIN TAY STRAUGHAN (Nominated Member). Mr TEO CHEE HEAN (Pasir Ris-Punggol), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence. Dr TEO HO PIN (Bukit Panjang). Mrs JOSEPHINE TEO (Bishan-Toa Payoh). Mr TEO SER LUCK (Pasir Ris-Punggol), Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Minister for Transport. Mr TEO SIONG SENG (Nominated Member). Mr THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM (Jurong), Minister for Finance. Mr VISWA SADASIVAN (Nominated Member). Dr VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN (Holland-Bukit Timah), Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports. Mr WEE SIEW KIM (Ang Mo Kio). Mr LAURENCE WEE YOKE THONG (Nominated Member). Mr WONG KAN SENG (Bishan-Toa Payoh), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs. Ms AUDREY WONG WAI YEN (Nominated Member). Assoc. Prof. Dr YAACOB IBRAHIM (Jalan Besar), Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs. Mr MATTHIAS YAO CHIH (MacPherson), Deputy Speaker. Mr ALVIN YEO (Hong Kah). Mr YEO CHEOW TONG (Hong Kah). Mr YEO GUAT KWANG (Aljunied). Ms JOSCELIN YEO (Nominated Member). Mrs YU-FOO YEE SHOON (Holland-Bukit Timah), Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Mr ZAINUDIN NORDIN (Bishan-Toa Payoh). Mr ZAINUL ABIDIN RASHEED (Aljunied), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. No. 15 12 JANUARY 2010 97
ABSENT:
Dr AHMAD MOHD MAGAD (Pasir Ris-Punggol). Mr CHAN SOO SEN (Joo Chiat). Dr FATIMAH LATEEF (Marine Parade). Mr CEDRIC FOO CHEE KENG (West Coast). Mr LEE HSIEN LOONG (Ang Mo Kio), Prime Minister. Mr LEE KUAN YEW (Tanjong Pagar), Minister Mentor, Prime Minister's Office. Mr TERRY LEE (Nominated Member). Mr LEE YI SHYAN (East Coast), Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Manpower. Mr LIANG ENG HWA (Holland-Bukit Timah). Mrs LIM HWEE HUA (Aljunied), Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Transport. Mr MAH BOW TAN (Tampines), Minister for National Development and Leader of the House. Mr GEORGE YONG-BOON YEO (Aljunied), Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr ZAQY MOHAMAD (Hong Kah). ______No. 15 12 JANUARY 2010 98
1. Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, read a second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.
The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill, (Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law).
(In the Committee)
Clause 1:
Alteration made, in page 2, line 3, by leaving out "2009" and inserting "2010".
Clause 1 agreed to.
Clauses 2 to 15 inclusive agreed to.
Bill to be reported.
Bill reported, without amendment; read a third time.
2. Moneylenders (Amendment) Bill, read a second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.
The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill, (Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs).
(In the Committee)
Clause 1:
Alteration made, in page 2, line 2, by leaving out "2009" and inserting "2010".
Clause 1 agreed to.
Clauses 2 to 14 inclusive agreed to.
Bill to be reported.
Bill reported, without amendment; read a third time. No. 15 12 JANUARY 2010 99
3. Adjournment, (Deputy Leader of the House), Resolved, "That Parliament do now adjourn to a date to be fixed.".
Adjourned at 6.45 p.m.
ABDULLAH TARMUGI, Speaker.
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MEMORANDUM
Parliament stands adjourned to a date to be fixed.
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