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14th Parliament · 2nd Session

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Members (92 present, 6 absent)

Present (92)

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 (Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance) Christopher de Souza (Deputy Speaker) Chua Kheng Wee Louis 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 (Senior 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 (Deputy Prime Minister and 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 and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations) Hany Soh Hazel Poa He Ting Ru Heng Chee How (Senior Minister of State for Defence) Heng Swee Keat (Deputy Prime Minister) 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 Digital Development and Information and Health and Government Whip) Jessica Tan Soon Neo (Deputy Speaker) Joan Pereira Josephine Teo (Minister for Digital Development 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 (Prime Minister and Minister for Finance) Lee Hsien Loong (Senior Minister) Leong Mun Wai Liang Eng Hwa Lim Biow Chuan Lim Wee Kiak Louis Ng Kok Kwang Low Yen Ling (Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry) Mariam Jaafar Mark Lee Melvin Yong Yik Chye Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman (Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Education and Foreign Affairs) Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development) Murali Pillai (Minister of State for Law and Transport) 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 (Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and Health) Raj Joshua Thomas Razwana Begum Abdul Rahim Saktiandi Supaat Seah Kian Peng (Speaker) See Jinli Jean Sharael Taha Shawn Huang Wei Zhong (Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education and Minister for Finance) Sim Ann (Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and National Development and Deputy Government Whip) Sitoh Yih Pin Sun Xueling (Minister of State for Home Affairs and Social and Family Development) Syed Harun Alhabsyi Sylvia Lim Tan Kiat How (Senior Minister of State for Digital Development 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) 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 (2)

Bills (5)

Oral Answers (12)

Oral Answer Ministry of Law

Cases of Creators Seeking Help for Plagiarising of Their Artworks and Resolution for Such Cases

Murali Pillai See Jinli Jean
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Protocols and Enforcement Measures for Oversight of Retrenchments

Zaqy Mohamad Tan Wu Meng Patrick Tay Teck Guan +1 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Students from Lower-income Households Who Have Secured School Places through DSA and Assessment of Policy Impact

Sharael Taha Chan Chun Sing
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Measures to Retain and Improve Salaries for Pharmacy Technicians

Christopher de Souza Rahayu Mahzam
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Applicants with More Than One HDB Invitation to Book BTO Flats in Different Projects

Tan Kiat How Sylvia Lim
Oral Answer Ministry of Education

Ensuring Campus Transport and Food Court Services in Local Universities are Sufficient for Students

Saktiandi Supaat Shawn Huang Wei Zhong
Oral Answer Ministry of Health

Tracking and Increasing Public Awareness for Food Allergies in Children

He Ting Ru Janil Puthucheary
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower

Study on Profile of Individuals Providing Informal and Unpaid Caregiving

Gerald Giam Yean Song Gan Siow Huang Carrie Tan
Oral Answer Ministry of National Development

Temporary Transferability of Season Parking between Car Parks with EV Chargers and Those Without

Tan Kiat How Liang Eng Hwa Edward Chia Bing Hui
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Inspections on Licensed Caterers Providing Food for Migrant Workers

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Koh Poh Koon
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Training and Strategies for Handling Prison Inmates with Intellectual Disability

Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry

Potential Sectors for Collaboration and Singapore Firms' Operational Concerns in Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone

Neil Parekh Nimil Rajnikant Alvin Tan

Written Answers (62)

Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Tax Treatment for Payouts from Proposed SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support Scheme

Jamus Jerome Lim Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Reasons for Gap between Developers’ Expectations of Development Feasibility and URA’s Assessment of Reserve Price

Desmond Lee Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Offering Second or Third Language Subjects to Schools Which Are Not Assessable for Academic Credit

Jamus Jerome Lim Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs

Number of Stateless Children in Singapore and Measures to Help Them

K Shanmugam Razwana Begum Abdul Rahim
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Extending Definition of Disability for Singapore’s Social Policies to Cover Neurodiverse Conditions and Learning Disabilities

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Ong Hua Han
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Update on Implementation of Shared Responsibility Framework for Phishing Scams

Gan Kim Yong Sylvia Lim
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Singaporeans Staying in Conflict Areas in Middle East and Assistance Extended to Them

Vivian Balakrishnan Ang Wei Neng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Availability of More Common Pharmaceutical Drugs, such as Febuxostat, to Contain Escalating Healthcare Costs

Jamus Jerome Lim Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Average Number of Leave Days for Resident Workers in Outsourced Sectors

Mohd Fahmi Aliman Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Proposal for Mandatory Requirement for Premises to Set Up At Least One Designated Smoking Area in Outdoor Areas

Gan Thiam Poh Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry

Applications for Enterprise Financing Scheme for Mergers and Acquisitions Loans

Gan Kim Yong Edward Chia Bing Hui
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Follow-up Measures after Singapore's Support of UN General Assembly Resolution A/ES-10/L.31

Vivian Balakrishnan Leong Mun Wai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Cases of Violence and Bullying in Schools, and Measures to Help Victims

Hazel Poa Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Oversight of Maintenance Schedules of and Use of Predictive Maintenance Systems by Rail Operators

Sharael Taha Chee Hong Tat Edward Chia Bing Hui +1 more
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Incorrect Claim in CNA Article on Lease Buyback Scheme Computation

Hazel Poa Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Annual Attrition of Early Childhood Educators and Enhancing Respect between These Educators and Parents

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Defence

Cause of Accident between Two Hunter Armoured Fighting Vehicles during Exercise Wallaby

Ng Eng Hen Dennis Tan Lip Fong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Approaches for Management of Hawker Centres

Grace Fu Hai Yien Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance

Legislative Provisions for Funds Collected by Payment Service Providers and E-commerce Platforms

Gan Kim Yong Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Breakdown of Students' CCA Participation Hours in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Levels

Chan Chun Sing See Jinli Jean
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Matching of Increases in Per Capita Household Income and Cost of Healthcare Services

Yip Hon Weng Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Proportion of Singaporeans amongst Employees in Foreign-owned Firms who Earn Gross Monthly Income of Above $12,500

Leong Mun Wai Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education

Increasing Intake at Institutes of Higher Learning to Enable More Students to Pursue Degree in Pharmacy

Christopher de Souza Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health

Guidance to Insurance Companies on Quantum and Frequency of Premium Increases Given End of Moratorium on Such Increases for Integrated Shield Plans

Gerald Giam Yean Song Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Volume of Complaints on Second-hand Smoke from Neighbours Received via NEA's Online Feedback Form

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Analysing Public Benefits of Each Transport Mode and Applying Findings to Infrastructure Planning

He Ting Ru Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower

Reviewing Leave Provisions for Working Caregivers

Gan Thiam Poh Tan See Leng
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development

Ease of Maintenance as Consideration for Designs of Upcoming BTO Estates

Sharael Taha Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development

Role for Student Care Centres in Overall Education System

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Desmond Choo
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Resolved High-rise Littering Cases in Ang Mo Kio GRC Following Revised Framework

Gan Thiam Poh Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport

Steps to Assist Singaporeans Registering for Malaysia's Vehicle Entry Permit

Gerald Giam Yean Song Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Finance

Singapore's Rising Gini Coefficient and Help for Those Affected

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs

Undetected Entry of Japanese Money Laundering Syndicate into Singapore

Yip Hon Weng K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Simplifying Process of Enforcing Awards Ordered by Small Claims and Employment Claims Tribunals on Companies

K Shanmugam See Jinli Jean
Written Answer Ministry of Law

Accountability of Lawyers in Performing Background Checks on Foreign Clients Setting up Companies in Singapore

Yip Hon Weng K Shanmugam
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Measures to Improve Business Viability of Local Farms in Lim Chu Kang, Neo Tiew and Kranji

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Annual Operating Surplus Generated by Socially-conscious Enterprise Hawker Centres

Leong Mun Wai Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Hawker Stalls in NEA-operated Hawker Centres and SEHCs Terminating Rental Contracts Early

Leong Mun Wai Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Role of MOELC in Plans to Allow More Students to Study Mother Tongue Languages at Higher Level

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Increasing Number of Secondary Schools Offering Tamil Language Instruction in Bukit Panjang

Chan Chun Sing Edward Chia Bing Hui
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Reported Instances of Gangsterism and Violence in Schools and Measures to Address Root Causes

Hazel Poa Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Education

Applications Received and Approved for Parents to Home-school Their Children

He Ting Ru Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development

Employment of PwDs in Public Versus Private Sectors and Sharing of Best Practices

Masagos Zulkifli B M M Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Criteria for Issuance of Correction Directions under Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act

Hazel Poa Josephine Teo
Written Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Percentage of Movies and TV Programmes on Free-to-air TV Shown in Chinese Dialects

Josephine Teo Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Statistics on Proceeds Received from HDB Lease Buyback Scheme in Past Five Years

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Number and Type of Court Orders on Persons Convicted of Cruelty and Abuse under Animals and Birds Act 1965

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

Assistance of Specially Trained Staff in Handling Cases Related to Wildlife Act and Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act

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

Statistics on Halal Food Stalls in Hong Kah North SMC and Those Terminating Their Tenancies

Leong Mun Wai Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Feedback from Developers on CBD Incentive Scheme and Strategic Development Incentive Scheme

Desmond Lee Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer Ministry of National Development

Measures to Strengthen Enforcement of Practice Guidelines on Ethical Advertising Issued by CEA

Desmond Lee Edward Chia Bing Hui
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Accessibility of eServices Portal for Workers on Special Pass Who Cannot Hold a Singpass Account

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Percentage and Profile of Residents Employed in Foreign-owned Firms Earning Gross Monthly Income Above $12,500

Jamus Jerome Lim Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Eligibility of Property Renters for SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support

Jamus Jerome Lim Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower

Risks for CPF Members If Direct Investments Allowed in US Equity Index Funds Not in Current CPFIS-Approved Products

Gerald Giam Yean Song Tan See Leng
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Measures against False Reports of Misuse of Personal Mobility Devices by Delivery Workers

Chee Hong Tat See Jinli Jean
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Plans to Enhance Connectivity of Farms, Businesses and Estates in Lim Chu Kang, Neo Tiew, Kranji, Chua Chu Kang, Limbang and Yew Tee

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Expansion of Energy Conservation Initiative for Lighting at Bus Stops and Covered Linkways

Ong Hua Han Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Root Causes of Recent MRT Disruption and Measures to Prevent Future Occurrence

Gan Thiam Poh Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Study on EU's Mandate for Installation of Intelligent Speed Assistance Technology in New Vehicles

Dennis Tan Lip Fong Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Selection Criteria for Members of Active Mobility Advisory Panel

Dennis Tan Lip Fong Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Transport

Reliability of ERP 2.0 On-Board Units Installed

He Ting Ru Chee Hong Tat

Clarifications (1)