14th Parliament · 2nd Session
Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Members (94 present, 4 absent)
Present (94)
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)
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
(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 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)
Janil Puthucheary
(Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and Health and Government Whip)
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)
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 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)
Mohd Fahmi Aliman 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)
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
Motions (2)
Oral Answers (12)
Oral Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Projected Economic Benefits and Job Creation from Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone Cooperation
Alvin Tan Saktiandi Supaat
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Potential for Foreign-based Social Media Platforms to Manipulate Algorithms to Privilege or Disadvantage Reach of Particular Candidates during Election Period
Sun Xueling Pritam Singh Tan Wu Meng
Oral Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Impact on Singapore's Digital Ecosystem following Meta's Decision to Eliminate Fact-checking and Reduce Content Moderation Effort
Rahayu Mahzam Alex Yam
Oral Answer Ministry of Health
Efforts and Manpower Required to Disseminate Grow Well SG Recommendations and Guidance on Screen Use in Children
Ong Ye Kung Yip Hon Weng He Ting Ru
Oral Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Update on Plans to Review Chinese-Malay-Indian-Others Identity Classification
K Shanmugam Leong Mun Wai
Oral Answer Ministry of Education
Potential Impact from Rising Tuition Expenditure on Educational Equity
Gan Siow Huang Wan Rizal Yip Hon Weng
+2 more
Oral Answer Ministry of Health
Preventing Cross-border Transmission of HMPV from Becoming Public Health Concern in Singapore
Janil Puthucheary Ng Ling Ling Joan Pereira
Oral Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Programmes to Raise Awareness for and Assess Healthy Family Boundaries Following Issuance of Guidelines
Sun Xueling Razwana Begum Abdul Rahim
Oral Answer Ministry of Transport
Seats for Seniors and Persons with Mobility Challenges within Long Underground Tunnels in MRT Stations
Amy Khor Lean Suan Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Yip Hon Weng
Oral Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Monitoring Progress of Waste-to-landfill and Solar Energy Deployment Targets in Singapore Green Plan 2030
Baey Yam Keng Ang Wei Neng
Oral Answer Ministry of Manpower
Data on Take-up of ONE Pass and Sectors in Which ONE Pass Holders Work
Neil Parekh Nimil Rajnikant Tan See Leng Gerald Giam Yean Song
Oral Answer Ministry of Health
Evidence to Support Use of Ketamine in Treatment Course for Severe Depression in Singapore
Janil Puthucheary Wan Rizal Yip Hon Weng
Written Answers (65)
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport
Strengthening Bus Connectivity within Industrial Estates
Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Strengthening Regulations to Include Review of Social Media Companies' Behind-the-scenes Algorithms
Josephine Teo Saktiandi Supaat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education
Review on Requirements and Exemptions from Requirements for Home-schooling
Melvin Yong Yik Chye Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs
Reference from Other Countries' Decisions to Criminalise Creation or Possession of Sexually Explicit Deepfake Images and Videos
K Shanmugam Christopher de Souza
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Applications for Interim Housing from Elderly Residents or Couples without Children awaiting HDB BTO Flats
Desmond Lee Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Social and Family Development
Providing Alternative Support to Kindergarten Children with Developmental Needs
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry
Simplifying Process for Corppass Account Registration
Christopher de Souza Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance
Review of Investor Definitions under Section 4A of Securities and Futures Act 2001
Gan Kim Yong Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Education
Rationale for Restricting ITE Progression Award to Graduates Pursuing Eligible Diplomas from 2024
Chan Chun Sing Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Medical Panels for Healthcare Groups Operating Restructured Hospitals to Provide Holistic View on Patients' Treatment
Kwek Hian Chuan Henry Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Considerations in Repurposing Use of HDB Blocks' Void Deck Space
He Ting Ru Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Investigations into Disruptions to Mobile, Broadband and Subscription Television Services in 2024
Josephine Teo Saktiandi Supaat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Barriers Preventing Singaporeans from Signing Advance Medical Directives and Measures to Counter These
He Ting Ru Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Singapore's Role in Efforts to Sustain Recently Brokered Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
Vivian Balakrishnan Alex Yam
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Finance
Accounting and Transfer Price Treatment for Land Use and Land Ownership Changes across Government Agencies
Lawrence Wong Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of National Development
Data on Average Land Price for State Land Sold to HDB for Construction of Public Housing
Chua Kheng Wee Louis Desmond Lee
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry
Percentage of Dual-income Married Couples in Resident Households
Gan Kim Yong Leong Mun Wai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Efforts to Further Prevent Arms Exports to Myanmar
Dennis Tan Lip Fong Vivian Balakrishnan
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Cases of HMPV Detected To Date and Measures to Reduce Infections
Joan Pereira Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs
Prioritising Installation of Speed Limiters for Lighter Lorries and Lorries Used for Transporting Workers
K Shanmugam Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Manpower
Outcomes of Work Pass Holders Retention Schemes for Construction, Marine Shipyard and Process Sectors
Tan See Leng Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport
Construction of Slip Road from Tampines Expressway into Rivervale Shores
Chee Hong Tat Chua Kheng Wee Louis
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Trade and Industry
Impact of US' New Tariffs on Singapore's Export-dependent Economy
Alex Yam Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport
Use of AI Analytics in Detection of Near-miss Accidents at Traffic Junctions to Guide Road Design Improvements
Tan Wu Meng Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Follow-up Actions Conducted under Co-operative Societies Act after Allianz's Withdrawal of Bid for Stake in Income Insurance
Neil Parekh Nimil Rajnikant Edwin Tong Chun Fai
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Health
Use of MediSave for Full or Part Payment of Shingles Vaccination
Dennis Tan Lip Fong Ong Ye Kung
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Transport
Incidents Where Airline Passengers Are Left on Aerobridges or Locked Out of Arrival Gates at Changi Airport
Chee Hong Tat Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer to Unanswered Oral Question Ministry of Home Affairs
Aligning Demerit Points Status in Singpass App and Traffic Police Online Platforms for Driving Licence Holders
K Shanmugam Tan Wu Meng
Written Answer Ministry of Finance
National Quantum Office's Technology Breakthrough Targets and Strategies
He Ting Ru Heng Swee Keat
Written Answer Ministry of Finance
Number of Jobs Created for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents, and Tax Contributions by Family Offices
Gan Kim Yong Jamus Jerome Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Finance
Single Family Offices Awarded Tax Incentives and Plans for Licensing of These Offices under Securities and Futures Act
Gan Kim Yong Jamus Jerome Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Policies to Incentivise Private Households' Solar Power Generation and Contribution towards Renewable Energy Goals
Gan Kim Yong Yip Hon Weng
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Impact of Singaporeans' Reduced Mother Tongue Language Fluency on Career Opportunities with Foreign Firms
See Jinli Jean Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Trade and Industry
Data on Ownership and Operating Leases of Local Minimarts
Carrie Tan Gan Kim Yong
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Support, Rehabilitation and Counselling for Adolescents Found Using Drug-laced E-vaporisers
K Shanmugam Wan Rizal
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Number of Accidents Involving Lorries Ferrying Passengers, and Casualties and Deaths Resulting from These Accidents
K Shanmugam Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Delayed Announcement of Arrests and Detention of Three Persons under Internal Security Act in November 2024
K Shanmugam Leong Mun Wai
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Number of Elder and Child Abuse Cases from 2015 to 2024
K Shanmugam Rachel Ong
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Number of Speeding Violations Caught by Red-light Cameras since 1 April 2024
K Shanmugam Melvin Yong Yik Chye
Written Answer Ministry of Home Affairs
Production of Illegal and Unregistered Weapons with 3D Printing Techniques
K Shanmugam Tan Wu Meng
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Difference between Median Monthly Rent for Hawker Stalls in 2023 and Those Tendered Out before 2023
Grace Fu Hai Yien Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Plans to Increase Capacity of Rubbish and Recycling Bins in Publicly Accessible Areas
Dennis Tan Lip Fong Grace Fu Hai Yien
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Educating Students and Parents on Dangers of Using E-vaporisers Laced with Controlled Substances
Wan Rizal Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Plans to Improve Adaptive Problem-solving Skills among Singaporean Adults
Wan Rizal Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Proportion of Yale-NUS College (YNC) Faculty Members Taking Up Positions at NUS after YNC's Closure
Chan Chun Sing Leong Mun Wai
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Reduction in Cut-off Points for Affiliated Primary School Students to be Admitted to Secondary Schools
Jamus Jerome Lim Chan Chun Sing
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Take-up and Retention Rates for Work-Study Diploma and Degree Courses
Chan Chun Sing See Jinli Jean
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Schools Which Conducted Balloting at Phase 2A of 2023's Primary 1 Registration Exercise That Also Had Reduced Intake
Chan Chun Sing Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Education
Review of Punishment and Schools' Procedures for Handling Bullying following Recent Incident at Admiralty Secondary School
Chan Chun Sing Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Data on Age Groups of Single Unwed Parents
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Louis Ng Kok Kwang
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Requiring Social Service Agencies to Provide Allowances for Social Work Interns
Chua Kheng Wee Louis Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Child Abuse Cases Reported by Unrelated Persons and Public Institutions
Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim Masagos Zulkifli B M M
Written Answer Ministry of Social and Family Development
Data on Literacy and Numeracy Performance and Family Backgrounds of Preschoolers Who Spend Over 40 Hours Per Week in Childcare
Masagos Zulkifli B M M Yip Hon Weng
Written Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Motivating Productivity Solution Grant Vendors to Update Their Automation and Digital Solution Pricings Given Lowered Commercial Prices
Josephine Teo See Jinli Jean
Written Answer Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Use of Full NRIC Number in Government e-Services and Plans to Evaluate Security of These E-services
Josephine Teo Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Eligibility of Divorced or Widowed Foreign Spouses with Singapore Citizen Children to Purchase New or Resale HDB Flats, or Retain Matrimonial Flats
Chua Kheng Wee Louis Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Update on Progress of OneMillionTrees Movement and Extent of Singapore's Green Cover
Melvin Yong Yik Chye Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Number of Approved Applicants for Public Rental Flats Yet to Complete Flat Selection and Average Waiting Times
He Ting Ru Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Funding Support for Town Councils for Additional Municipal Maintenance Works Related to Climate-related Wear and Tear
Carrie Tan Desmond Lee
Written Answer Ministry of National Development
Data on Durations between Application and Booking Dates for HDB BTO Flats
Desmond Lee Hazel Poa
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Statistics on Minimum Annual Leave Entitlements of Full-time Resident Employees
Tan See Leng Jamus Jerome Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Manpower
Prevalence of Non-compliance with Overtime Regulations and Study on Impact on Workers
Tan See Leng Gerald Giam Yean Song
Written Answer Ministry of Transport
Technical Limitations in Implementing Platform Screen Doors for LRT Platforms
Chee Hong Tat Jamus Jerome Lim
Written Answer Ministry of Transport
Feedback on Bus Services Based on Data from MyTransport.SG and Other Apps
Dennis Tan Lip Fong Chee Hong Tat
Written Answer Ministry of Transport
Obtaining and Disseminating Threat Intelligence Related to Airline Routes and Ensuring Safety of These Routes
Chee Hong Tat Gerald Giam Yean Song
Clarifications (3)
Clarification Ministry of Education
Clarification by Minister of State for Education
Gan Siow Huang
Clarification Ministry of Finance
Clarification by Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, and Second Minister for Finance and National Development
Indranee Rajah
Clarification Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Clarification by Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth
Eric Chua