Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Communications and Information (a) what are the lessons learnt from the extended and large-scale distributed denial-of-service attack on the websites of public healthcare institutions on 1 November 2023; (b) what steps are being taken to upgrade protections to Singapore’s key civilian services and infrastructure and to reduce such disruptions;Continue reading “ENHANCING RESILIENCE FROM LESSONS OF EXTENDED LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK ON PUBLIC HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS ON 1 NOVEMBER 2023”
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DEVELOPING INDIGENOUS CAPABILITIES FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister (a) whether there exists a whole-of-Government plan to develop indigenous capabilities in creating and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models, including establishing a National Foundation Model Research Institute, so as to help local researchers build core AI foundation model expertise; and (b) if such an AI foundation modelContinue reading “DEVELOPING INDIGENOUS CAPABILITIES FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS”
USAGE AND COST OF MAINTAINING WIRELESS@SG SYSTEM
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Communications and Information (a) for each of the past 10 years, what is the usage rate, in terms of unique logins, for Wireless@SG; and (b) what is the share of resident versus non-resident usage for each of those years respectively. Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the MinisterContinue reading “USAGE AND COST OF MAINTAINING WIRELESS@SG SYSTEM”
INCREASE IN POSTAL RATES DESPITE PROFITABILITY RECORDED BY SINGPOST
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Communications and Information whether IMDA will take into account the profit of S$38.8 million registered by SingPost in FY2022/23 when working with the company to review its decision to increase postal rates. Mr Tan Kiat How: Sir, from 9 October 2023, the postage rate for standard letter mail willContinue reading “INCREASE IN POSTAL RATES DESPITE PROFITABILITY RECORDED BY SINGPOST”
REPLACEMENT OF HARD COPY APPLICATION FOR NEWSPAPER PERMITS WITH DIGITALLY-ENABLED FORMS
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Communications and Information (a) whether the Infocomm Media Development Authority intends to replace its hard copy application forms for newspaper permits with digitally-enabled forms; and (b) if so, when. Mrs Josephine Teo: The Ministry of Communications and Information has been reviewing the process for the application of political party newspaperContinue reading “REPLACEMENT OF HARD COPY APPLICATION FOR NEWSPAPER PERMITS WITH DIGITALLY-ENABLED FORMS”
ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON ADVERTISING COSTS FOR CONTENT FEATURING POLITICAL OFFICEHOLDERS FOR SOCIAL AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Communications and Information between 2020 and 2023 to date (a) how much was spent annually on advertising costs, including consultancy and production fees, to produce content featuring political officeholders for (i) social media and (ii) mainstream media respectively; and (b) what is the annual breakdown of these figuresContinue reading “ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON ADVERTISING COSTS FOR CONTENT FEATURING POLITICAL OFFICEHOLDERS FOR SOCIAL AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA”
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS TO ASSESS SINGPOST’S PERFORMANCE
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Communications and Information (a) whether the Ministry undertakes customer satisfaction surveys to assess SingPost’s performance as part of its quality of service framework; and (b) if so, what are the findings of the surveys for the last three years. Mrs Josephine Teo: The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) conductsContinue reading “CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS TO ASSESS SINGPOST’S PERFORMANCE”
INCLUSION OF POFMA CORRECTION DIRECTION ON MAIN PAGE OF ASIA SENTINEL WEBSITE AND PAGE HOSTING ARTICLE WITH FALSE STATEMENT OF FACT
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Communications and Information with regard to online news site Asia Sentinel, why does the Government require the inclusion of a POFMA correction direction on both the main page of its website and on the page which hosts the article that contains false statements of fact. The Senior Minister of StateContinue reading “INCLUSION OF POFMA CORRECTION DIRECTION ON MAIN PAGE OF ASIA SENTINEL WEBSITE AND PAGE HOSTING ARTICLE WITH FALSE STATEMENT OF FACT”
ACTIONS AND LESSONS RESULTING FROM SPH MEDIA TRUST’S INTERNAL REVIEW OF OVERSTATED CIRCULATION NUMBERS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): Thank you, Madam. Madam, the ARC report stated that the X Barter Deal was not a genuine arrangement. The corresponding revenue and expenses should not have been recognised and the corresponding circulation numbers should not have been counted. So, my question is, if it was found that the XContinue reading “ACTIONS AND LESSONS RESULTING FROM SPH MEDIA TRUST’S INTERNAL REVIEW OF OVERSTATED CIRCULATION NUMBERS”
VIABILITY OF SINGAPORE POST’S DOMESTIC POST AND PARCEL BUSINESS
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis (Sengkang): Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Just two supplementary questions. Firstly, in relation to the domestic postal obligations, which is the framework which the Senior Minister of State has talked about in terms of the regulatory framework that IMDA has, what recourse does the Government have if SingPost, as theContinue reading “VIABILITY OF SINGAPORE POST’S DOMESTIC POST AND PARCEL BUSINESS”
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