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13th Parliament · 1st Session

Monday, 6 February 2017

Members (96 present, 5 absent)

Present (96)

Alex Yam Amrin Amin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs) Amy Khor Lean Suan (Senior Minister of State for Health and the Environment and Water Resources) Ang Hin Kee Ang Wei Neng Azmoon Ahmad Baey Yam Keng (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth) Cedric Foo Chee Keng Chan Chun Sing (Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Government Whip) Charles Chong (Deputy Speaker) Chee Hong Tat (Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health) Chen Show Mao Cheng Li Hui Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Chia Shi-Lu Chia Yong Yong Chong Kee Hiong Christopher de Souza Daniel Goh Pei Siong Darryl David Denise Phua Lay Peng Dennis Tan Lip Fong Desmond Choo Desmond Lee (Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development and Deputy Leader of the House) Edwin Tong Chun Fai Fatimah Lateef Gan Kim Yong (Minister for Health) Gan Thiam Poh Ganesh Rajaram Goh Chok Tong Grace Fu Hai Yien (Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Leader of the House) Halimah Yacob (Speaker) Heng Chee How (Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office) Indranee Rajah (Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law) Intan Azura Mokhtar Janil Puthucheary (Minister of State for Communications and Information and Education) Jessica Tan Soon Neo Joan Pereira K Shanmugam (Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law) K Thanaletchimi Khaw Boon Wan (Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport) Koh Poh Koon (Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry) Kok Heng Leun Kuik Shiao-Yin Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lam Pin Min (Minister of State for Health) Lawrence Wong (Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance) Lee Bee Wah Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister) Lee Yi Shyan Leon Perera Liang Eng Hwa Lily Neo Lim Biow Chuan (Deputy Speaker) Lim Hng Kiang (Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade)) Lim Swee Say (Minister for Manpower) Lim Wee Kiak Louis Ng Kok Kwang Low Thia Khiang Low Yen Ling (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Trade and Industry and Ministers for Education) Masagos Zulkifli B M M (Minister for the Environment and Water Resources) Melvin Yong Yik Chye Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman (Senior Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs) Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social and Family Development and Ministers for Education) Murali Pillai Ng Chee Meng (Minister for Education (Schools) and Second Minister for Transport) Ng Eng Hen (Minister for Defence) Ong Teng Koon Ong Ye Kung (Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Second Minister for Defence) Patrick Tay Teck Guan Png Eng Huat Pritam Singh Rahayu Mahzam Randolph Tan S Iswaran (Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry)) Saktiandi Supaat Seah Kian Peng Sim Ann (Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry and Deputy Government Whip) Sitoh Yih Pin Sun Xueling Sylvia Lim Tan Chuan-Jin (Minister for Social and Family Development) Tan Wu Meng Teo Chee Hean (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security) Teo Ho Pin Teo Ser Luck (Minister of State for Manpower) Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies) Thomas Chua Kee Seng Tin Pei Ling Vikram Nair Vivian Balakrishnan (Minister for Foreign Affairs) Yaacob Ibrahim (Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs) Yee Chia Hsing Zainal Sapari Zaqy Mohamad

Absent (5)

Motions (1)

Bills (6)

Oral Answers (11)

Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Enforcement of Labour Court Orders on Errant Employers

Sylvia Lim Ang Hin Kee Louis Ng Kok Kwang +3 more
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Difficulty in Selling HDB Flats Due to Ethnic Integration Policy

Lawrence Wong Intan Azura Mokhtar Lim Biow Chuan
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Waiting Time for Childcare Centre Places

Tan Chuan-Jin Ang Hin Kee Lee Bee Wah
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Alternative Care Arrangements when Childcare Centres Close Due to Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Tan Chuan-Jin Ang Hin Kee
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport

Increasing Incidence of Drivers Going Against Traffic Flow

Ng Chee Meng Tan Wu Meng Joan Pereira
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Review Maximum Penalty for Driving Against Traffic Flow

Seah Kian Peng Desmond Lee
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Adequate Advance Notice for Families of Death Row Inmates before Executions

Desmond Lee Kok Heng Leun
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Impact on Singapore of US Pull-out from Trans-Pacific Partnership

Randolph Tan Ang Wei Neng Lim Hng Kiang +4 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Early Warning Systems for Better Management of Flash Floods

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Randolph Tan Ang Wei Neng
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Places for Autistic Students in Special Schools

Janil Puthucheary Zaqy Mohamad Leon Perera +4 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Eligibility Criteria for Learning Higher Mother Tongue in Primary Schools

Low Thia Khiang Low Yen Ling

Written Answers (78)

Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Offset from Government Rebates for Utility Bills

Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Heng Swee Keat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Cost of Reorganising Healthcare Clusters into Three Groups

Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Study on Legislating Eldercare Leave

Kuik Shiao-Yin Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Public Education on Responsible Pet Ownership

Darryl David Seah Kian Peng Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Population Trend for Stray Cats

Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Ensuring Safety of Sigma Lifts Installed for HDB Flats

Lawrence Wong Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Incidence of Postal Letters Delivered to Wrong Address

Lee Bee Wah Yaacob Ibrahim
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Defence

Periodic Assessment for Service Personnel who Handle Weapons

Randolph Tan Ng Eng Hen
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Awareness among School Leaders for Importance of Tripartism

Ng Chee Meng Zainal Sapari
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Activities to Encourage Secondary School Students to Take Calculated Risks

Lim Wee Kiak Ng Chee Meng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Completion of New Bukit Panjang Polyclinic

Gan Kim Yong Teo Ho Pin
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs

Prohibit Consumption of Alcohol in Areas Close to Residential Blocks

Darryl David K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs

Proposal for Child Sex Offenders Registry

Lim Wee Kiak K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Care Options for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Whose Parents or Care-givers Have Passed Away

Tan Chuan-Jin Darryl David
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Conversion of Government-Paid Adoption Leave to Shared Parental Leave

Teo Chee Hean Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Smokers who Drop Cigarette Butts and Ash from Their Flats

Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Tracking of Fogging Operations in Private Condominiums and Landed Estates

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Refund Rate to Customers who Prepaid for Services by Companies which Later Close Down

Lee Bee Wah S Iswaran
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Reverse Mortgages for Seniors

Tharman Shanmugaratnam Lim Biow Chuan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Proposal to Nationalise Preschool Education

Kuik Shiao-Yin Ng Chee Meng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

ElderShield Premiums Paid Out Since 2002

Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs

Anti-terrorism and CPR/AED Training for Public Transport Workers under SG Secure Framework

Melvin Yong Yik Chye K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs

Investigations into Jallikattu-related Events in Singapore

Pritam Singh K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Trend of Women Being Asked by Employers Not to Return to Work after Maternity Leave

Sun Xueling Lim Swee Say
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Measures against Hoarders who Cause Disamenities to Neighbours

Yee Chia Hsing Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Progress on Construction Sector's Productivity Roadmap and Capability Fund

Lawrence Wong Teo Ho Pin
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Efforts to Reintegrate Destitute Persons with Their Families and Society

Tan Chuan-Jin Murali Pillai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Additional Help for People Seeking Social Assistance Given Sluggish Economy

Tan Chuan-Jin Seah Kian Peng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Electricity Prices for Singapore Homes and Businesses Compared to OECD Average

S Iswaran Leon Perera
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Conflict-of-interest Issues in Competition Commission of Singapore's Investigations against Government-linked Companies

Pritam Singh Lim Hng Kiang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Demerit Points for Some Parking Offences

Tan Wu Meng Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

AED Kits on Trains and Buses

Khaw Boon Wan Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Disamenities Caused by Public Events at Bay East Garden

Lawrence Wong Lim Biow Chuan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Number of Unsold Residential Units

Lawrence Wong Intan Azura Mokhtar
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Decision on Driverless Taxis in Singapore

Sun Xueling Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

More Parking Options for Heavy Vehicle Owners

Lawrence Wong Liang Eng Hwa
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Availability of HDB Rental Flats and Rental Flats Converted for Sale

Lawrence Wong Png Eng Huat
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Statistics on Licensed Insurance Companies/Agencies from 2007 to 2016

Patrick Tay Teck Guan Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Full-time Securities Dealer's Representatives and Remisiers from 2007 to 2016

Patrick Tay Teck Guan Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Attendance at Meetings of Presidential Council for Minority Rights from 2012 to 2016

Lee Hsien Loong Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Accessibility of Public Transport for Persons with Disabilities

Khaw Boon Wan Sylvia Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Hybrid Concession and Off-Peak Passes Issued to Public Transport Commuters

Png Eng Huat Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Criteria for Application of Vocational Driving Licence

Khaw Boon Wan Zaqy Mohamad
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Retrenchment Benefits for Workers

K Thanaletchimi Lim Swee Say
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Insurance Coverage and Compensation for Workplace Injuries

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Lim Swee Say
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Breakdown of CPF Life Payments from 2011 to 2015

Leon Perera Lim Swee Say
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Breakdown of Singapore Companies with More than 100 and 1,000 Employees in 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015

Sun Xueling Lim Swee Say
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Minimum Compassionate Leave for Children and Grandchildren

Lim Swee Say Joan Pereira
Written Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Processes Involved in Producing Weekly MUIS Friday Prayer Sermon Text

Yaacob Ibrahim Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Appointment Considerations for Heads of Overseas Missions

Vivian Balakrishnan Sylvia Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Usage of Family Visiting Privileges by Drug Rehabilitation Centre (DRC) Inmates

K Shanmugam Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Update on Case of Eight Deported Indonesian ISIS Suspects

Ang Wei Neng K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Prison Inmates with Identified Intellectual Disabilities and Their Recidivism Rate

K Shanmugam Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Application Fee for Enforcement of Money Order Issued by Small Claims Tribunal

K Shanmugam Tin Pei Ling
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Total Subsidised and Private Nursing Home Capacity

Gan Kim Yong Tin Pei Ling
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Additional Nursing Home Beds from 2021 to 2030

Gan Kim Yong Tin Pei Ling
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Extent of Codeine Substance Abuse in Singapore

Desmond Choo Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Impact of Changes to Smoking and Cigarette Sales Laws on Smoking and Smokers

Fatimah Lateef Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Benefits of Integrated Healthcare Clustering

Lee Bee Wah Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Criteria for Auto-renewal of Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) Card

Daniel Goh Pei Siong Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Blue and Orange CHAS Cards Issued in 2015 and 2016

Pritam Singh Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Update on SME Working Capital Loan Scheme

S Iswaran Liang Eng Hwa
Written Answer Ministry of Finance

Tax-free Withdrawals from Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) Accounts

Yee Chia Hsing Heng Swee Keat
Written Answer Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

Allocation and Utilisation of ActiveSG Funds

Grace Fu Hai Yien Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

Breakdown of Expenditure Incurred by Grassroots Organisation Committees for FY2015/16

Png Eng Huat Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Specialist Team for Attempted Suicide Cases

Kok Heng Leun Tan Chuan-Jin
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Nationwide Study on Employment for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs

Tan Chuan-Jin Daniel Goh Pei Siong
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Data on Persons with Disabilities and/or Special Needs in Singapore

Tan Chuan-Jin Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Property/Estate Agencies and Agents Registered in Singapore from 2007 to 2016

Patrick Tay Teck Guan Lawrence Wong
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Fake Food Imports Detected

Lee Bee Wah Lawrence Wong
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Complaints against Managing Agents of Management Corporations of Strata Titles

Lawrence Wong Zainal Sapari
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Applicants above Income Cap for Rental Flats

Lawrence Wong Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Considerations for Replacement of Bathroom Doors in New HDB Residential Developments

Lawrence Wong Sun Xueling
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Impact of Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) on Community Social Capital

Lawrence Wong Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Management of Food Wastage through Schools and Neighbourhood Communities

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Measures Taken to Manage E-waste

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Chen Show Mao
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Guidelines for Schools on Retention of Prizes Won during Competitions

Ng Chee Meng Zainal Sapari
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Statistics on Time Taken by Institutes of Higher Learning Graduates to Secure Full-time Employment

Desmond Choo Ong Ye Kung