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14 Jan 2021 06:35PM) Share this content
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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 starts on Jan 21.
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The names were announced by the Office of the Clerk of Parliament in a news release on Thursday (Jan 14).
All nine are first-time NMPs. They are:
SP Group principal technical officer Mr Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab
SISTIC chairman Ms Janet Ang
Global Esports Federation secretariat director Mr Mark Chay
Low-wage workers, sustainability and the youth among issues NMP candidates hope to raise in Parliament Toggle share menu
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SINGAPORE: Low-wage workers will be among the priority issues raised in Parliament, pledged several candidates of the new cohort of Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs).
The Office of the Clerk of Parliament announced the names of the nine new NMPs on Thursday (Jan 14). All nine are first-time NMPs, including labour union representative Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab, former national swimmer Mark Chay and conservation scientist Professor Koh Lian Pin.
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