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13th Parliament · 2nd Session

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Members (94 present, 6 absent)

Present (94)

Alex Yam Amrin Amin (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Health and Home Affairs) Amy Khor Lean Suan (Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources and Health) Ang Hin Kee Ang Wei Neng Anthea Ong Arasu Duraisamy Baey Yam Keng (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Culture, Community and Youth and Transport) Cedric Foo Chee Keng Chan Chun Sing (Minister for Trade and Industry and Government Whip) Charles Chong (Deputy Speaker) Chee Hong Tat (Senior Minister of State for Education and Trade and Industry) Chen Show Mao Cheng Li Hui Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Chia Shi-Lu Chong Kee Hiong Christopher de Souza Daniel Goh Pei Siong Darryl David Denise Phua Lay Peng Dennis Tan Lip Fong Desmond Choo Desmond Lee (Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for National Development and Deputy Leader of the House) Douglas Foo Edwin Tong Chun Fai (Senior Minister of State for Health and Law) Fatimah Lateef Foo Mee Har Gan Thiam Poh Goh Chok Tong Grace Fu Hai Yien (Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Leader of the House) Heng Chee How (Senior Minister of State for Defence) Heng Swee Keat (Minister for Finance) Indranee Rajah (Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Education and Finance) Intan Azura Mokhtar Irene Quay Siew Ching Janil Puthucheary (Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Transport) Jessica Tan Soon Neo Joan Pereira Josephine Teo (Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs) K Shanmugam (Minister for Home Affairs and Law) Khaw Boon Wan (Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport) Koh Poh Koon (Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry) Lam Pin Min (Senior Minister of State for Health and Transport) 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 Lim Sun Sun Lim Swee Say Lim Wee Kiak Louis Ng Kok Kwang Low Thia Khiang Low Yen Ling (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Education and Manpower) Masagos Zulkifli B M M (Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs) Melvin Yong Yik Chye Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman (Senior Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs) Mohamed Irshad Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Education and Social and Family Development) Murali Pillai Ng Chee Meng (Minister, Prime Minister's Office) Ng Eng Hen (Minister for Defence) Ong Teng Koon Ong Ye Kung (Minister for Education) Patrick Tay Teck Guan Png Eng Huat Pritam Singh Rahayu Mahzam Saktiandi Supaat Sam Tan Chin Siong (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Social and Family Development and Deputy Government Whip) Seah Kian Peng Sim Ann (Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Culture, Community and Youth and Deputy Government Whip) Sun Xueling (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Home Affairs and National Development) Sylvia Lim Tan Chuan-Jin (Speaker) Tan Wu Meng (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry) Teo Chee Hean (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security) Teo Ser Luck Terence Ho Wee San Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies) Vikram Nair Vivian Balakrishnan (Minister for Foreign Affairs) Walter Theseira Yaacob Ibrahim Yee Chia Hsing Yip Pin Xiu Zainal Sapari Zaqy Mohamad (Minister of State for Manpower and National Development)

Absent (6)

Bills (5)

Oral Answers (13)

Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Elderly Residents who Do Not Participate in Lease Buyback Scheme but Seek Financial Assistance from Help Schemes

Murali Pillai Desmond Lee
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Number of Day Activity Centres for Special Needs Persons

Sam Tan Chin Siong Intan Azura Mokhtar Denise Phua Lay Peng
Oral Answer Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Further Help by ASEAN to Resolve Situation in Rakhine State

Vivian Balakrishnan Christopher de Souza Louis Ng Kok Kwang +2 more
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Difficulty to Sell HDB Flats Affected by Ethnic Integration Policy

Chong Kee Hiong Lawrence Wong Saktiandi Supaat +2 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Proposed Watchlist for Companies that Discriminate Base on Attributes Like Gender and Ethnicity

Leon Perera Low Yen Ling Dennis Tan Lip Fong +1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Number of Generational-correlated Drug Offenders

Amrin Amin Melvin Yong Yik Chye Desmond Lee +3 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Requirement for Manufacturers of Health Supplements to Provide Test Results from Accredited Laboratories to Support Advertising Claims

Edwin Tong Chun Fai Chia Shi-Lu
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Effects of Prolonged Exposure to Second-hand Smoke

Amrin Amin Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport

Cases of Airline Pilots Consuming Alcohol or Drugs before Boarding Aircraft in Singapore

Ang Wei Neng Lam Pin Min
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport

Airlines and Relevant Authorities Safeguard Passenger information

Janil Puthucheary Saktiandi Supaat
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport

Noise Emissions from Buses

Lam Pin Min Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport

Staff Response and Intervention in Incidences of Molestation on MRT Premises

Daniel Goh Pei Siong Janil Puthucheary
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Funding Models for Education and Training Programmes for Singaporeans

Chee Hong Tat Saktiandi Supaat Denise Phua Lay Peng +1 more

Written Answers (21)

Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Law

Legal Aid Applications by Family Members of Mentally Disabled for Appointment as Deputies

Murali Pillai K Shanmugam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Elderly Parents Rendered Homeless after Being Chased out of Adult Children’s Flats Bought with Proceeds from Elderly Parents’ Flats

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

Expedite Upgrading Works in Common Areas of Private Estates under Estate Upgrading Programme

Lawrence Wong Chong Kee Hiong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Licensing System for Ownership of Cats to Prevent Cat Abandonment

Lawrence Wong Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Dependants of HDB Flat Owners Who Have Benefited from Home Protection Scheme

Gan Thiam Poh Josephine Teo
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Expected Time Frame for LTA to Complete Review With Stakeholders on Safety Requirements for Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs)

Lee Bee Wah Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Remaining Number of oBike Bicycles Left Abandoned in Public Spaces

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

Sale of 2-room Flexi Flats or Studio Flats of Shorter Leases on Open Market

Gan Thiam Poh Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Singles who Have Applied Successfully to Secure HDB BTO Flats

Gan Thiam Poh Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Restriction on Claims for Compensation for Damage to Building during Construction to Structural Damage

Murali Pillai Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

High Shelters Spanning Across Public Roads

Ang Wei Neng Khaw Boon Wan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Schedule for Implementing Extension of Home Improvement Programme

Lee Bee Wah Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Improving Level of Sound-proofing of HDB BTO Flats

Lawrence Wong Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Time Banking in Healthcare Institution for Volunteer Work Performed

Gan Kim Yong Joan Pereira
Written Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Regulation on Collation and Use of Behavioural Data and Patterns by Online Platforms

Murali Pillai S Iswaran
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Transition Period for HDB Dwellers on Welfare Assistance to Adjust to Higher Rent from Salary Increase

Lawrence Wong Joan Pereira
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Singaporeans Awarded Scholarships by Foreign Universities

Gan Thiam Poh Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Review of Effectiveness of Mental Health Education in Schools

Ong Ye Kung Rahayu Mahzam
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Work Permit Holders Hired under Direct R1 Pathway or Market-Based Skills Recognition Framework

Josephine Teo Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Tracking of Financial Situations of Comcare’s Assistance Recipients after Gaining Employment

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Average Waiting Time Required for Registration of Lasting Power of Attorney

Desmond Lee Dennis Tan Lip Fong

Clarifications (1)