Photo credits to SMU Engage Newsletter
President Halimah Yacob presented eight new Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) with their instruments of appointment in a ceremony at the Istana yesterday. This included SMU alumni Paralympic swimmer Yip Pin Xiu and Abbas Ali Mohamed Irshad, founder of inter-religious non-profit group Roses of Peace. He was formerly the founding president of SMU’s Apolitical Society, where students discussed issues on politics and civil society.