Seah Kian Peng becomes the new Speaker of the Singapore Parliament: On August 2nd, 2023, Seah Kian Peng was sworn in as the New Speaker of Parliament following the recent resignation of Tan Chuan-Jin(former Singaporean Speaker) who was accused of some wrongdoing Assessment. Mr Seah becomes the country’s 11th Speaker in the wake of his predecessor Tan Chuan-Jin stepping down over an extramarital affair with fellow People’s Action Party MP Cheng Li Hui, who also resigned.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 2023
Seah Kian Peng is a board member of the Singapore Olympic Foundation. He served in Singtel and National Park Board. Just a week before that, Mr Tan also had to apologise for using “unparliamentary language” in response to an opposition lawmaker’s speech in the House.