Speeches by Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Some of the dialogue that has taken place before, when it centred around the number of people that came out to vote and the like, I will not dwell on that, but it prompted my memory back to something that contributed to less people going to the polls. There [were] far more Bermudians who left Bermuda …

9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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The Progressive Labour Party Government between 2001 and 2007, before the recessio n, presided over the greatest economic boom ever in this country. And the debt that escalated came during the recession when the choice was made to be able to make sure that persons could eat during those times. If you look at four years of deficit spendi ng …

2 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

2 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I proudly wear the green- and-gold tie today for probably ––apart from an event I attended probably with Brother Famous ––the first time since maybe you wore it officially going to class singing, “The Green and Gold we will e’er uphold. And ever to our school be true.” Mr. Speaker, no time more proud I was than yesterday …

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to start off by offering hearty congratulations to all of those responsible for putting on a very successful Butterfield Bermuda Championship at the illustrious Port Royal Golf Course at the end of October. The Bermuda Tourism Authority, headed up by Ms. Tracy Berkeley, and Chairman of that of course is the …

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you.

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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I just want to say on the motion to adjourn this evening that there have been some very excellent presentations by my colleagues. I just want to single out the Colonel, Minister of Works, and also MP Caines, especially with presentations that somewhat touched on where I wanted to go as well. MP Caines, speaking passionately about the Bermuda Tourism …

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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That happened to Jack Sharp.

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you.

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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I was just getting rolling. [Laughter]

18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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I know but — [Crosstalk]

4 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, if it pleases you, this is a motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I move that Standing Orders 14 and 21 be suspended to enable me to move that a message be sent to the Deputy Gove rnor, Mr. Tom O ppenheim. MESSAGE TO THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR

4 Nov 2022 House of Assembly

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May it please the Deputy Governor: We are directed by the House of Asse mbly to inform the Deputy Governor , acting on behalf of His Majesty, that the House has met. Thank you.

7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Speaker. The Sp eaker: Good evening.

7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you ever so much for the opportunity. Certainly the history of Parish Councils dates back many, many, many decades in Bermuda. I think the Deputy Premier provided a pretty good outline of some of those historical connections as it related to the parish vestries. In some respects, Mr. Speaker, it was a steppingstone ground for persons who served who …

7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly

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Tickle, tickle, tickle on many things —fast ferries, and the like that we will not do without today. But Sylvia Richardson, transforming a former school building that sat there being used for varying purposes, today is a staple seniors facility in our community that services not only St. Georgians, the entire country. And I would say that we need to …

7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I have mentioned Works. I have certainly mentioned how we can tie in. But everyone knows that we in this country, as the Minister of Health said this morning, are . . . a high percentage of us are overweight or obese. An alar ming number. And we cannot keep encouraging our people to treat the symptoms. We …