Singapore MPs Absentee Record script updated
03 August 2010
http://github.com/davidchua/sg-mp-absentee/
Pushed an update to my MP absentee parsing script on github.
The gist:
- The script will not download the new reports for parsing if it detects that you have records in the database already
- Script will now generate stats upon completion.
- Absent MPs in the last parliamentary sitting
- Top 5 absent MPs
- Top 5 wards with the most absent MPs
For the curious, here's the parse results that includes the
sitting on the 19th of July 2010.
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Absentees on Last Parliament Sitting: 19/07/2010
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Mr Inderjit Singh of Ang Mo Kio
Ms Indranee Rajah of Tanjong Pagar
Mr Low Thia Khiang of Hougang
Dr Lily Neo of Jalan Besar
Ms Jessica Tan Soon Neo of East Coast
Ms Joscelin Yeo of Nominated Member
Mr George Yong-boon Yeo of Aljunied
Mrs Yu-foo Yee Shoon of Holland-bukit Timah
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Stats
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Top 5 absent MPs:
Mr Lee Kuan Yew with 48
Dr Balaji Sadasivan with 40
Prof. Thio Li-ann with 38
Dr Loo Choon Yong with 28
Mr George Yong-boon Yeo with 26
Top 5 wards with highest number of absentees:
Nominated Member with 148
Tanjong Pagar with 80
Ang Mo Kio with 75
Pasir Ris-punggol with 65
Aljunied with 63
I was watching in that Parliament session and I can tell you, more than half of Parliament was empty by the time they go into bills reading at the 2nd half of the session. Too bad attendance was not taken during the 2nd half as well.
P/S: I use the term 'MP' here sparingly to represent anyone currently sitting in Parliament. This includes NMP/NCMP.
