By Clarissa Oon & Jeremy Au Yong

TWO creative industry leaders and a former national swimmer are among the nine names submitted by a Special Select Committee of Parliament for appointment by the President as Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs).

They are three-time Sportswoman of the Year Joscelin Yeo, 30, fashion and media entrepreneur Calvin Cheng, 33, and arts manager Audrey Wong, 41.

The others who have been nominated for appointment later this month are Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) president Teo Siong Seng, 54, consultancy firm boss Viswa Sadasivan, 49, labour unionist Terry Lee, 57, academic Paulin Tay Straughan, 46, Gerontological Society immediate past president Laurence Wee, 63, and Ernst & Young Advisory managing director Mildred Tan-Sim Beng Mei, 50.

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