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14th Parliament · 2nd Session

Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Members (93 present, 6 absent)

Present (93)

Alex Yam Alvin Tan (Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry) Amy Khor Lean Suan (Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment and Transport) Ang Wei Neng Baey Yam Keng (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister for Transport) Carrie Tan Chan Chun Sing (Minister for Education) Chee Hong Tat (Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport) Cheryl Chan Wei Ling Chong Kee Hiong Christopher de Souza (Deputy Speaker) Chua Kheng Wee Louis Darryl David Denise Phua Lay Peng Dennis Tan Lip Fong Derrick Goh Desmond Choo Desmond Lee (Minister for National Development, Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration) Desmond Tan (Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office) Don Wee Edward Chia Bing Hui Edwin Tong Chun Fai (Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law) Eric Chua (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Minister for Social and Family Development) Foo Mee Har Gan Kim Yong (Minister for Trade and Industry) Gan Siow Huang (Minister of State for Education and Manpower) Gan Thiam Poh Gerald Giam Yean Song Grace Fu Hai Yien (Minister for Sustainability and the Environment) Hany Soh Hazel Poa He Ting Ru Heng Chee How (Senior Minister of State for Defence) Heng Swee Keat (Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies) Indranee Rajah (Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and National Development and Leader of the House) Jamus Jerome Lim Janil Puthucheary (Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health and Government Whip) Jessica Tan Soon Neo (Deputy Speaker) Joan Pereira Josephine Teo (Minister for Communications and Information and Second Minister for Home Affairs) K Shanmugam (Minister for Home Affairs and Law) Keith Chua Koh Poh Koon (Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Sustainability and the Environment) Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Lawrence Wong (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance) Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister) Leong Mun Wai Lim Biow Chuan Louis Ng Kok Kwang Low Yen Ling (Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry) Mariam Jaafar Mark Lee Masagos Zulkifli B M M (Minister for Social and Family Development, Second Minister for Health and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs) Melvin Yong Yik Chye Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman (Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Education and Foreign Affairs) Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development) Murali Pillai Nadia Ahmad Samdin Neil Parekh Nimil Rajnikant Ng Eng Hen (Minister for Defence) Ng Ling Ling Ong Hua Han Ong Ye Kung (Minister for Health) Patrick Tay Teck Guan Poh Li San Pritam Singh (Leader of the Opposition) Rachel Ong Rahayu Mahzam (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Minister for Law) Raj Joshua Thomas Razwana Begum Abdul Rahim Saktiandi Supaat Seah Kian Peng (Speaker) See Jinli Jean Sharael Taha Shawn Huang Wei Zhong Sim Ann (Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and National Development and Deputy Government Whip) Sitoh Yih Pin Syed Harun Alhabsyi Sylvia Lim Tan Kiat How (Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and National Development) Tan See Leng (Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry) Tan Wu Meng Teo Chee Hean (Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security) Tin Pei Ling Usha Chandradas Vikram Nair Vivian Balakrishnan (Minister for Foreign Affairs) Wan Rizal Xie Yao Quan Yeo Wan Ling Yip Hon Weng Zaqy Mohamad (Senior Minister of State for Defence and Manpower and Deputy Leader of the House) Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim

Absent (6)

Motions (7)

Bills (4)

Oral Answers (9)

Oral Answer Prime Minister's Office

Processes Related to Investigations into Political Office Holders and Civil Servants, and Updates on Recent Cases

Hazel Poa Yip Hon Weng Chan Chun Sing +10 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport

Progress on Consultation for Transporting Migrant Workers by Buses or Other Modes of Transport

Melvin Yong Yik Chye Amy Khor Lean Suan Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Oral Answer Ministry of Defence

Strategic Importance of Submarines to Singapore's Ability to Protect Territorial Waters and Contribute to Regional Security

Heng Chee How Desmond Choo
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Measures to Mitigate against Concert Ticket Scams

Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Desmond Choo
Oral Answer Prime Minister's Office

Implications of Strong Singapore Dollar on Monetary Authority of Singapore's Losses, Exposure to Investment Risks and Moves to Encourage Higher Level of Savings

Hazel Poa Don Wee Yip Hon Weng +2 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Families Denied Financial Assistance Due to Per Capital Household Income Requirement

Sharael Taha Masagos Zulkifli B M M Ang Wei Neng +3 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Finance

Temasek Holdings' Investment Performance

Saktiandi Supaat Foo Mee Har Chee Hong Tat +2 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Plans to Extract Geothermal Energy in Sembawang and Other Potential Sites

Poh Li San Tan See Leng
Oral Answer Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

Practice of Grassroots Organisations Transferring Sums of Money to Personal Bank Accounts for Official Operational Needs and Actions Taken

Edwin Tong Chun Fai Yip Hon Weng He Ting Ru +3 more

Written Answers (65)

Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Former Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone's Alleged S$650 Million Trust in a Singapore Bank Account

He Ting Ru Chua Kheng Wee Louis Lawrence Wong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Justification for Distinction between Ethnic Integration Policy and Non-citizen Criteria for Open Market Rentals of HDB Flats

Jamus Jerome Lim Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Permitting One-year Renewals of Certificate of Entitlement in Addition to Five-year and 10-year Renewal Options

Joan Pereira Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Law

Authenticity of Quotations for Star Rate Items in Development Project under State Courts

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

Plans to Introduce Mandatory Mental Health Awareness and Training Programmes for Employers and Managers

Wan Rizal Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Residents Affected by Delays in HDB's BTO Projects Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic and Interim Housing Options Offered

Yip Hon Weng Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Studies on Direct Correlation Between Employee Wellness and Productivity in Workplace

Edward Chia Bing Hui Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Plans on Use of Surplus from FY2022/2023 Revenues Net of Expenditures to Support Transformation and Growth of SMEs and Workers

Lawrence Wong Derrick Goh
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Prime Minister's Office

Alleged Transactions over No-public Tender Leases of Maldivian Islands in 2014 and 2015 by Hotelier Ong Beng Seng

Jamus Jerome Lim Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Process for Award of Contract to Run Formula One Singapore Grand Prix for Another Seven Years

Gerald Giam Yean Song Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Variance between Expected and Actual Grants Disbursed to Businesses and Individuals and Steps to Enhance Accessibility and Usage of Unused Funds

Derrick Goh Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Allowing Households to Withdraw Unutilised GST U-Save Vouchers for Other Living Expenses

Lawrence Wong Kwek Hian Chuan Henry
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

Update on National Arts Council's Review of Buskers' Feedback on Sharing of Busking Slots on E-service Portal

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Edwin Tong Chun Fai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Collaborating with Ministry of Education to Introduce and Adopt Healthier SG in Schools and Institutes of Higher Learning

Wan Rizal Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Drivers of Corporate Income Tax Revenue of $23.1 Billion in Financial Year 2022/2023

Lawrence Wong Saktiandi Supaat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Provision of Point-to-Point Bus Services to Primary School Students during School Peak Periods

Chan Chun Sing Don Wee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Mandatory Labelling of Personal Mobility Aids to Differentiate from Other Personal Mobility Devices

Chee Hong Tat Gan Thiam Poh
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Impact of Arrest of Hotel Properties Ltd's Managing Director on Temasek Holdings' Investment in Real Estate Assets of Singapore Press Holdings

Lawrence Wong Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Programmes to Increase Participation Rates of Elderly Men at Active Ageing Centres

Edward Chia Bing Hui Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Assistance to Residents Ineligible for HDB Public Rental Scheme or Unable to Afford Market Public Rentals

Gan Thiam Poh Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Companies Investigated for Splitting Local Qualifying Salary Payments for More Foreign Worker Quotas

Yeo Wan Ling Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Reducing and Consolidating Tray Return Counters in Food Establishments

Yeo Wan Ling Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Measures Implemented to Minimise Risk of Trees Falling Due to Heavy Rainfall

Hany Soh Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Companies Reported for Employing "Phantom Workers"

Nadia Ahmad Samdin Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Review to Ascertain Losses from Arrangements to Supply Schools with SPH Publications

Chan Chun Sing Hany Soh
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Fair Assignment of Ride Hail Cases to Drivers Given Recent Acquisition of Trans-Cab by Grab

Chee Hong Tat Yeo Wan Ling
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Termination of Main Contractor for HDB's Punggol Point Cove BTO Project

Desmond Lee Cheryl Chan Wei Ling
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Data on Number of Motorised Bicycles and Tricycles Sold in Past Three Years

Chee Hong Tat Gan Thiam Poh
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Support for Hawker Stall Operators Facing False Food Hygiene Complaints Adversely Impacting Their Reputations

Edward Chia Bing Hui Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Permission for Persons on Bail to Leave Singapore

Hazel Poa Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Prime Minister's Office

Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Trading Platforms in Financial Markets

Lawrence Wong Tan Wu Meng
Written Answer Ministry of Finance

Measures to Address Findings in Auditor-General's Thematic Audit on Key COVID-19 Grant Schemes in Report for FY2022/2023

Lawrence Wong Don Wee
Written Answer Ministry of Finance

Court Decision in Herbalife International Singapore Pte Ltd vs Comptroller of Goods and Services Tax on Revenue Collection Leakages

Lawrence Wong Derrick Goh
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Incidence of People Refusing Conveyance to Hospitals via SCDF Ambulances

Dennis Tan Lip Fong K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Measures to Pre-empt Rise in Concert Ticket Scams on E-commerce Platforms

Derrick Goh K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Success Rate in Pre-Marriage Long-Term Visit Pass Assessment Applications

Gerald Giam Yean Song K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Applications for Long-Term Visit Pass and Re-applications for Pre-Marriage Long-Term Visit Pass Assessment

Gerald Giam Yean Song K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Land Area Occupied by Black and White Bungalows and Occupancy Rate

Edwin Tong Chun Fai Leong Mun Wai
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Cases of Disputes Between Neighbours over Second-hand Smoke and Enforcement Orders Sought and Successful

Louis Ng Kok Kwang K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Justification for Exempting Creditors from Attending Debt Repayment Scheme Hearings

Jamus Jerome Lim K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Co-funding Total Cost of Organising 2022 Formula One Singapore Grand Prix

Gan Kim Yong Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Geothermal Energy's Potential Future Contribution to Singapore's Low-carbon Footprint

Gan Kim Yong Tan Wu Meng
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Risk of Corporate Bankruptcies and Steps in Place to Cope with Inflation and Higher Borrowing Costs

Foo Mee Har Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Trade Relations between Singapore and Vietnam and Singapore Companies' Participation in Rapid Growth of Vietnamese Economy

Gan Kim Yong Desmond Choo
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Sources of Renewable Energy and Plans to Increase Supply from Southeast Asia Region

Gan Kim Yong Desmond Choo
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Impact of Termination of Black Sea Grain Deal between Russia and Ukraine on Singapore's Economy and Mitigation Measures in Place

Gan Kim Yong Yip Hon Weng
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Actions Taken to Reclaim Monies incorrectly Disbursed to Merchants or Citizens through SingapoRediscovers Vouchers Scheme

He Ting Ru Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Categorising All Vehicles Transporting Passengers or Goods for Monetary Gain as Commercial Vehicles under COE Category C

Joan Pereira Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Revenues from Carrier Bag Charges

Jamus Jerome Lim Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Study on Particulate Pollution from Growth of Electric Vehicle Population

Grace Fu Hai Yien Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Retaining Unsuccessful Secondary School Students within Education System

Chan Chun Sing Murali Pillai
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Eligibility for ComCare Short-to-Medium Term Assistance under Past and Present Per Capita Household Income Benchmarks

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Leong Mun Wai
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Revising Section 88A of Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966 to Include Overseas Halal Certificates Recognised by MUIS

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Breaches of MUIS' Halal Certification by Licensed Food Importer

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Measures to Address Rising Suicide Rates Among Young People and Strategies to Improve Mental Health Support

Wan Rizal Hazel Poa Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer Ministry of Health

Measures to Address Public Health Impact of Loneliness among Seniors

Yip Hon Weng Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Use of Vacant Premises like Schools to Alleviate Shortage of Heavy Vehicle Parking Lots

Desmond Lee Don Wee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Objective Criteria and Standards Used by NParks in Deciding Necessity for Environmental Impact Assessment

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Concessions for HDB Flat Owners with EV Cars to Park at Closest HDB Car Park with EV Charging Stations

Desmond Lee Rachel Ong
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Number of Purpose-built Dormitories and Beds Completed and Planned

Chua Kheng Wee Louis Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Price and Lease Length of Dormitory Bed Rental Contracts and Measures to Mitigate against Excessive Rental Increases

Chua Kheng Wee Louis Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Reintroducing Heightened Safety Period with Extended Safety Measures Given Continued Occurrence of Workplace Fatalities

Rachel Ong Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Companies Entering and Exiting Business Under Surveillance Programme since 1 January 2023

Rachel Ong Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Regulation on Maximum Number of Continuous Work Hours Per Day and Total Number of Work Hours Per Week for Construction Site Supervisors

Rachel Ong Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Electronic Payment of Salaries for Work Permit Holders

He Ting Ru Tan See Leng

Clarifications (1)