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Singapore There has been much negative reaction to a question posed on Monday (Jan 4) by former Workers’ Party (WP) election candidate Bernard Chen Jiaxi on the treatment of parliamentary questions, after Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin took to Facebook to explain the process and to remark that Mr Chen was trying to make an insinuation about it.
One of the harshest critics of Mr Chen has been former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Calvin Cheng.
Mr Chen was the WP candidate in MacPherson Single-Member Constituency in the 2015 General Election. He lost to the People’s Action Party’s Tin Pei Ling in a three-cornered fight in that GE. He has since thanked the Speaker for the clarification and apologised to the MPs concerned. He has also said that he is no longer in politics.
This was the idea behind one unique lagoon at St John s Island Bendera Bay.
On Dec. 13, Bendera Bay was opened by Minister for National Development Desmond Lee, Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, and Member of Parliament Nadia Ahmad Samdin with representatives from the local marine community and the National Parks Board (NParks). Aerial view of Bendera Bay. Bendera means flag . The name comes from a time when St John s Island was used as a quarantine station in 1874. Photo courtesy of NParks.
Unique site with diverse habitats
The 3.9-hectare Bendera Bay contains a diversity of natural habitats, including mangroves, corals, seagrass, sandy shore, and rocky shore.