Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: In October 2022, I filed a Parliamentary Question on whether the current slate of national public holidays was a holdover from the colonial era practice of allocating two holidays per ethnic group. The response from MOM was that it was the result of a decision made in 1968 to reduce the numberContinue reading “Thaipusam as National Holiday”
Category Archives: COS 2025: Jamus Lim
Levelling the CPF Playing Field
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim (Sengkang): One common concern Singaporeans have is the sense that foreign talents do not compete on a level playing field with our local graduates. Some are frustrated with how foreign companies seem to favour hiring their own nationals, perhaps even simply going through the regulatory motions with a designated candidateContinue reading “Levelling the CPF Playing Field”
Alternative COE Durations for Electric Vehicles
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim (Sengkang): The existing vehicle quota system of Vehicle Quota System (VQS) maintains COEs that last for 10 years for the first instance and can be renewed for either five- or 10-year periods thereafter. At the inception of the VQS, the 10-year duration was chosen because it will align with theContinue reading “Alternative COE Durations for Electric Vehicles”
Mufflers on RSAF Jets
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim (Sengkang): Almost every day, the residents of Sengkang GRC are forced to pause what they are doing as military jets scream past overhead. What is worse, the location of the town, close to the northeastern edge of the island, means that they must endure the noise for an extended periodContinue reading “Mufflers on RSAF Jets”
Debate on Annual Budget Statement
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim (Sengkang): Over the course of the past year, inflation has tamed substantially. At the brink of 2024, prices were rising at an uncomfortable rate of 3.7%, relative to the previous year. But by the end of last year, this had slowed to 1.6%, lower than the Monetary Authority of Singapore’sContinue reading “Debate on Annual Budget Statement”
Office of the Leader of the Opposition 