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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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4 Jun 2021 House of Assembly
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If I am ahead, I just hope I can stay ahead, that’s all.
4 Jun 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, that note is the vein on which I come forward tonight. You and I, Mr. Speaker, go back to school days. We go back to Dalton E. Tucker, the greatest of all, with Elsie Bascome.
4 Jun 2021 House of Assembly
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When I speak of Dalton Tucker, respectfully, and Elsie Bascome, it evokes in me the most serious respect that I would have for anyone that would ever have walked God’s earth. And I say God’s earth because those ladies, and those who worked with them, groomed us in an exceptional way. And, Mr. Speaker, you and I have lived, not …
4 Jun 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. But on the road to Damascus I ended up in St. George’s. And like Saul, I changed my name to Paul of St. George’s, Mr. Speaker. And I am asking us. And I am asking us to journey on that road to Damascus tonight, Mr. Speaker, as it relates to the circumstances that Brot her Lincoln finds …
21 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
21 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I bring condolences on the loss of some dear friends. Mr. Lloyd Van Putten, a former member of the Corp oration of St. George’s and a closely connected family friend of mine from both Whale Bay and St. George’s, that strong connection who has recently passed away. …
21 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
21 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
21 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the Honourable Deputy Speaker for his remarks, and I will f ollow on from where he left off by giving thanks to our seniors as we celebrate this Bermuda Day, and recognising those shoulders that they stand on. And, yes, there is a new golf course coming to St. George’s. I believe …
7 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
7 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to be associated with the condolences that the Honourable Attorne y General extended to [the friends and family of] Ernest Cann, whom I got to see quite a bit of in recent years through his being a taxi ambassador. But anyone who knew Ernest Cann back in the day knew that …
7 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes. And I will associate the Minister for Education with this because I know he is his family member. But Clarence “Tootsie” Bean and Mrs. Bean both passed away very recently, Mr. Speaker. And I know it i s a tremendous blow for their family, particularly their son, Sheldon, and daughter Donna. But Clarence “Tootsie” Bean I know as a …
7 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. I associate the entire House with the passing of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence “Tootsie” Bean.
7 May 2021 House of Assembly
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Associate me, Honour able Member, please.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes. Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Members of the Opposition used to always speak about FinTech in a negative manner. Can the Minister update the Honourable House on the pr ogress Bermuda is making in the FinTech area? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Associate me, please.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to follow on where the Honourable Member, MP Si mmons, just concluded and offer condolences to the Paynter family, my good friend Neil Pay nter, Jr.’s f a1266 26 March 2021 Official Hansa rd Report Bermuda House of Assembly ther, Mr. Neil Paynter, Sr. We would need to have about 10 wakes under COVID -19 …
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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I will associate the Ho nourable Member, his partner on the golf course— [Inaudible interjection]
26 Mar 2021 House of Assembly
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Zane De Silva when he gets fit again. And he had an outstanding win in the Bermuda PGA Championship —somewhere around 15 to 20 times. He has won it so many times. But he is a fierce competitor and a real gentleman and a tourism ambassador. He owns a taxi while practicing his golf and plays internationally still at his …