Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): According to the Singapore Police Forces Annual Road Traffic Situation 2023 and 2024 reports, the number of traffic accidents is on an upward trend. Who are the most vulnerable on our roads? They are motorcyclists and elderly pedestrians. While motorcycles make up about 14.7% of the vehicle population, motorcyclists or pillion ridersContinue reading “Helping Vulnerable Road Users”
Category Archives: Ministry of Home Affairs
Driving Licence Renewals for Seniors
Ms Sylvia Lim (Aljunied): Sir, recently, I came across senior citizens who had problems trying to renew their driving licences after they reached 65 when they needed to submit medical reports. Some of them could not recall receiving letters from the Traffic Police about the matter. Others recounted receiving the letters, but explained that theyContinue reading “Driving Licence Renewals for Seniors”
Safe AI
Ms He Ting Ru (Sengkang): Sir, legislators around the world are worried about the risks associated with generative AI and efforts are being made sometimes on an inter-parliamentary level to work out best practises to address the risks of this rapidly developing field. Singapore actively participates in such fora and regularly shares our experience withContinue reading “Safe AI”
LIST OF RALLY SITES FOR UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) how many physical rally sites will be available for the upcoming General Election; (b) how soon will the list of sites be available; and (c) whether the Elections Department can release the list of physical rally sites when the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee submits its report toContinue reading “LIST OF RALLY SITES FOR UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION”
POTENTIAL FOR FOREIGN-BASED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO MANIPULATE ALGORITHMS TO PRIVILEGE OR DISADVANTAGE REACH OF PARTICULAR CANDIDATES DURING ELECTION PERIOD
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Can I ask, Mr Speaker, how will the Ministry independently ascertain whether algorithms have been manipulated for the reasons that are put in the Parliamentary Question? Ms Sun Xueling: I thank the Member his supplementary question. In and of itself, algorithms are not illegal. Many social media companies have algorithms for the purposesContinue reading “POTENTIAL FOR FOREIGN-BASED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO MANIPULATE ALGORITHMS TO PRIVILEGE OR DISADVANTAGE REACH OF PARTICULAR CANDIDATES DURING ELECTION PERIOD”
INTRODUCING VIDEO RECORDING WHEN TAKING STATEMENTS FOR INVESTIGATIONS
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs what is the progress on the introduction of video recording in taking statements for law enforcement investigations. Mr K Shanmugam: Video recording of interviews, or VRI, was first introduced in 2018 for rape cases. Last year, we updated Parliament that VRI has been expanded to includeContinue reading “INTRODUCING VIDEO RECORDING WHEN TAKING STATEMENTS FOR INVESTIGATIONS”
PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN PLACE FOLLOWING BREACH OF CONFIDENCE OVER EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS’ LETTERS
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs in light of the Court of Appeal ruling that the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) and Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) acted unlawfully by disclosing and requesting prisoners’ letters, including confidential correspondence with their lawyers (a) how will prisoners’ correspondence be handled by SPS and AGC going forward;Continue reading “PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN PLACE FOLLOWING BREACH OF CONFIDENCE OVER EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS’ LETTERS”
FOREIGN MOTHERS WITH SINGAPOREAN CHILDREN WHO REMAIN LTVP HOLDERS AFTER YEARS OF MARRIAGE TO SINGAPOREAN SPOUSES
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what is the current share of foreign mothers with Singaporean children who remain holding Long-Term Visit Passes (LTVPs) after eight years of marriage to their Singaporean spouses; (b) whether the Government plans to assist this group of foreign mothers to apply and obtain theirContinue reading “FOREIGN MOTHERS WITH SINGAPOREAN CHILDREN WHO REMAIN LTVP HOLDERS AFTER YEARS OF MARRIAGE TO SINGAPOREAN SPOUSES”
STATISTICS ON OVERSTAYERS WHO REMAIN IN SINGAPORE ILLEGALLY OVER PAST TWO YEARS AND OVERSTAYERS AT-LARGE
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in each year of the past two years, what is the average number of foreigners who remain in Singapore illegally after the expiry of their visit passes issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority; and (b) what is the total number of overstayers who have notContinue reading “STATISTICS ON OVERSTAYERS WHO REMAIN IN SINGAPORE ILLEGALLY OVER PAST TWO YEARS AND OVERSTAYERS AT-LARGE”
SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORTS LINKED TO RIVATON GROUP
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether any suspicious transaction reports were filed by corporate service providers or banks in Singapore in relation to the Rivaton Group prior to the arrests of their members in Japan for money laundering (b) if so, what are the dates of such reports; (c) whetherContinue reading “SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORTS LINKED TO RIVATON GROUP”
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