Speeches by Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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—because, you know . . . No, I was not able to make a contribution earlier in the debate. I do not play at that that sometimes your part is a little bit dry so that you can make a contribution at the right time. But I am here, and I am talking about earlier in the week. 654 16 …

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I am here to share with you, Madam Deputy Speaker , that you are seeing a Bermuda where people overseas are looking at Ber-muda with a lot more optimism than we are prepared in amongst ourselves because we are too busy being partisan. All right? If we want to see hotel properties developed in Lantana, as I do, if we …

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Well, I live in hope that maybe, that it may happen because the same Bermu-da that we all profess to love is going to take some love for Bermuda to be able to put aside the partisanism to be able to talk in your circles that can cause Bermuda to have some investment. We cannot —

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Practice what you preach? I practice what I preach every single day. I will use my last dollar as I have done to help this country. If anybody wants to go and audit my accounts, I have invested in this country with money I do not have and I cannot . . . you know . . . I should. …

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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It is not nonsense. Let your actions —

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much. I did not call any names, but I see a lot of people getting exercised. [Laughter]

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I mean, I did not . . . I did not see any Honourable Member Jache [Adams] getting exercised. I heard Members calling a point of or-der. I did not call any names, you know. But you know, if the shoe fits, you can wear it. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ] [Crosstalk]

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I am not saying be nice. I am not saying be nice. I am not saying be nice. This is the amount of time I got when I was doing a Budget Reply in 2007. I got two minutes, so I understand two minutes very well. Dr. Brown, I feel like they are listening. I remember two minutes very well. …

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Just ever so briefly as it relates to the head pertaining to ferries.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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That is quite some time.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I thank the Minister for being so generous with his time to allow other Members to contribute to the debate. I communicated this to the Minister that as it comes to public transportation that with the difficulties that we have on the roads —just a little preamble to my question—that we need to get as many people using public transportation, …

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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But we still have many people succumbing to, and condolences to the family of persons just as recently as this week who lost their life on the road. We have got to do more to get people off of the road. And I believe the water, particularly with commuters in the evening, and my community in St. George’s and constituency …

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So that is my contribution at this time. Should there be any other time I would like to do. But I appreciate the Minister for allowing me 522 14 May 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly to make a contribution in the time that he afforded that allows a little country backbencher to jump in today.

12 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I know all too well, t hank you very much. Madam Deputy Speaker, I just rise this morning to offer congratulations to one of our own in this Chamber —the Sergeant -at-Arms, Mr. Arnold Allen, the founder and chief instructor of the Harto Dojo karate which was founded in 1982. And I would like to associate MP Lawrence Scott, who …

12 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I appreciate your indulgence. Yes, I was very interested in the fast ferry . . . the electric ferry so I was trying to follow it in the [Budget] Book —

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speak er, I would certainly like to be associated with thos e condolences offered to your family, ably put by the immediate past speaker, MP Simmons. I had the privilege of ac tually trav elling with you and your wife to Africa on a CPA [Commonwealth Parliamentary Association] conference. Those tend to be most …

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. And thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to send condolences to the Morton family.

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Seventeen more seconds. Just following on from the c ongratulations, that we want to recognise Leshon Adams and Zaedyn Furbert Downes f or their sports achievements. [Timer chimes]

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Associate me.