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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
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