Nine new Nominated Members of Parliament to be appointed

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SINGAPORE: Nine new Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) will be appointed by President Halimah Yacob for a two-and-a-half-year term which ...

The names were announced by the Office of the Clerk of Parliament in a news release on Thursday .SP Group principal technical officer Mr Abdul Samad Abdul WahabGuocoland group managing director Mr Cheng Hsing YaoNational University of Singapore conservation scientist Professor Koh Lian PinThomson Breast Centre surgeon Dr Tan Yia SwamAdvertisement

The eight-member committee comprises Mr Chan Chun Sing, Mr Gan Kim Yong, Ms Gan Siow Huang, Ms Indranee Rajah, Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, Mr Leon Perera, and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.The NMP scheme was introduced in 1990 to ensure a wide representation of community views in Parliament. Up to nine NMPs can be appointed in each Parliament.

 

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