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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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112 words
Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker. Thank you very much. As my colleague who just took her seat spoke, we both have had . . . and her son serves. And I do believe, Madam Deputy Speaker, your daughter is a member of the Council of St. George’s and my daughter was one of those persons elected in 2020. Unfortunately, due to …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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1,244 words
Yes. I think the St. George’s hotel was building a golf course in 1924 that opened in 1925, if my history serves me correctly. And at that time was a very booming tourism economy. My colleague also spoke to the many residential voters who exist, many of them whom we share, some coming from her constituency number 1 and some …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I guess the one thing that I would like to contribute to today’s debate is the element of consultation that has taken place in this respect. I have great re-spect and admiration for my ministerial colleagues . But this friend in particular , who comes to this particular place talking about things relating to …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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4 words
Yes, Madam [Deputy Speaker].
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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I thank you—
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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No. No, I won’t . . . I won’t . . . Thank you—
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam [Deputy Speaker]. I want to thank the Honourable Member who just took his seat for the tone, and I will start off by wishing everyone out there a blessed Easter. It is cer-tainly a season that I, as a Christian, embrace with the meaning of it. I want to invite everyone to come to St. George’s if …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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297 words
And I am sure he will pay the price for that. I, you know, on my maiden speech . . . I have heard Members, and I have listened to them. And I applaud them. Someone asked me—one of the newer Members who came in in the bye- election. It was not Member King. It was my cousin from constituency …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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And yes, and that is why I have a very varied and very diverse appreciation of other persons, because I make no apologies by telling people that I am appreciative of my diversity. I use it as my strength. I do not shy away from the fact that I come from Southampton. I do not shy away from the fact …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Can I please?
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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360 words
The press is covered. When I came into the Legislature, the press sat there. They came up here. They listened. They took notes. They interviewed you. They asked you a question. They are not here. They have a responsibility. They make up some things of how they personally feel. They should read these things so that when they make comments, …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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438 words
I just made a little joke, but I am telling you. And they are giving valuable time away from their families. You have to think like that. You have to look at the benchmarks. The benchmark says something very, very significant, that the irresponsible behaviour today that I witnessed . . . And I am not going to reflect that. …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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I have not. I remember probably one of the last Opposition motions that probably— [Inaudible interjection]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Well, I brought one on Commonwealth Parliamentary Benchmarks — [Inaudible interjections ]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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And I am going back . . . and that is how long . . . In the five years that we were Opposition, when I joined the PLP in 2014, you had an Opposition that was cracking. I used to be on the radio and listening to my radio. I am saying, These byes are hopping. Man! I am …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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147 words
Well, but today he was irresponsible to the nth degree because I am no longer speaking for me, although I know this: There are people coming behind me from all walks of life. A document like this, what it entails, and what has been written protects the field. I told you my trade is that of fairness. I do not …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Troy. Palm Beach. Charleston. You name it —wherever I went. But the point is this, is that you have to embrace fairness. And you cannot come here and not recognise that in this country there is still a strong es-sence of institutional racism that exists in this country. And it comes from the origins that allow one person and a …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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3 words
Yes, Mr. Speaker.
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to be associated with the condolences to the Lau family, which is indeed the Ming family in St. George’s in which our sister Cheryl, Johnny Ming, Darlene. I know how very saddened her sister Cheryl was. We were very close indeed. And my condolences also to the family of the late Helen Ortiz. I believe …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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7 words
Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjections]