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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Or potential clients that he is trying to get to come to Bermuda. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Does he say that to his current list or his potential clients that want to come to Ber-muda , that Bermuda is a failed state? Don’t come and give us any business, we are a failed state! I don’t think so. …
3 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I am introducing the following Bill for its first reading so that it may be placed on the Order Paper for the next day of meeting: The Anti-Doping in Sport Act 2023. Thank you.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to be associated with the condolences to the Furbert/Dismont families and also to that of the Romaine family. On a happier note, I would like for congratulations to be sent to the founder and co- director of t he Shotokan martial arts, our very own Sergeant Major Allen and his team–– …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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And I am sure the whole House–– who has realised t he 40- year dream in the Shotokan—
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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But the expressions of support from families and the young people and the respect shown to and from their senseis is something that is deserving of emulation in every sport and discipline in Bermuda. I would also like to send congratulations to those who participated and were recognised in the 37 th annual Dento n Hurdle Memorial Awards, Mr. Speaker. …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will follow on from the Honourable Member who I know is very passionate about the game of golf. As I mentioned during congrats and obits, his company, along with Puma and Cobra, are now sponsoring. If I could ask the Honourable Member just to . . . Honourable Member Dunkley, can you just …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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You would give it back to me. You would confirm right there.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Member De Silva is sponsoring a very worthwhile event in honour, and I say in honour of the legacy of Brian Morris who did a lot in this country and succumbed to cancer and showed us how to live amidst adversity, and I am very grateful to that, at Ocean View. And unfortunately, I am unable …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Member De Silva is sponsoring a very worthwhile event in honour, and I say in honour of the legacy of Brian Morris who did a lot in this country and suc-cumbed to cancer and showed us how to live amidst adversity, and I am very grateful to that, at Ocean View. And unfortunately I am unable …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I speak to the experiences in golf from a position of knowledge firsthand. When I reflect on how Jim Crow laws and outright legislated segregation had its roots far beyond when the legislation or the rules were repealed, I have a living example of it. In the 1900s, early 1900s, St. George’s Parish . . . Bermuda always …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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And yet when we try like other communities to lift ourselves up and to celebrate ourselves, they would act like, What’s wrong with you 1766 21 July 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly for doing that? Something is wrong with that picture, too. [There] is something very wrong with that picture, Mr. Acting Speaker. I am taking this …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. And she also was the first African American to be a member of the LPGA [Ladies Professional Golf Association] Tour! I implore persons to employ persons like retired Profess or Dr. Jeffrey Sammons from New York University and others like him who, when commissioned by the USGA to write about someone named Jimmie DeVoe, who was the first …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to have a letter of thanks and congratulations sent to the Bahamas on their celebration of their 50 th anniversary of independence, and also to acknowledge the Bermuda contingent led by the Honourable Walter Roban; PLP Party Chairman, Dawn Simmons; All -Party Officer, Tammy Robinson; Ms. Cindy Swan; and friend …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. I just would like to take this opportunity to be associated with the condolences to the family of the late Mr. Ottiwell Simmons, and indeed to the Bermuda Industrial Union family, and also the Progressive Labour Party family, who all mourn his passing, an d his many friends. Mr. Speaker, I have known Mr. Simmons for many, …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ever so briefly, the need for this Bill today is one that I commend, like others have, the Minister for bringing to this Honourable House. And we only have to look at the context of the challenges our society is faced with to appreciate the need. The cont ext that I speak of . . . …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Acting Speaker. Madam Acting Speaker, I will continue with this debate in the spirit of the previous speaker. I was very appreciative being that we have had two speakers from the Opposition, I would deem it as the good cop/bad cop scenario where my good Brother Richardson was there, he admitted that he was sceptical, and …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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But I just want to say that in this roadmap it is important, and I have noticed what the Honourable Minister responsible for [Economy and] Labour is doing. And every speaker thus far has touched on emigration in some form. And I would touch on it in a ver y large way right at the outset, Madam Acting Speaker. Like …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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But I want to say this. A couple of weeks ago I had a Minister who was at a sis-ter station there doing a broadcast. And I saw him and I said, You need to come in here for a second. I just need five minutes of your time. And 10:10 by the latest you will be out of here. …