Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Prime Minister whether it is in the public interest to disclose the names of the six former management staff of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (KOM) who are given stern warnings for their roles in the giving of S$73 million bribes to officials from the Brazilian state-owned corporation PetroleoContinue reading “NAMING OF KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE STAFF GIVEN STERN WARNING OVER PROBE INTO PETROLEO BRASILEIRO BRIBERY CASE”
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DEFINITION OF “OPTIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME” FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT USAGE
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Prime Minister (a) what are the criteria used to determine whether a programme is regarded as an “optional enrichment programme” for the purposes of Child Development Account usage; and (b) whether after-school care programmes, especially those based within schools that have a substantial extended educational component, may be reconsideredContinue reading “DEFINITION OF “OPTIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME” FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT USAGE”
FINDINGS FROM KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE CORRUPTION PROBE
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Prime Minister what specific difficulties were faced by the Attorney-General’s Chambers and Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in considering whether to prefer charges against the officers of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (KOM) over corrupt payments from KOM to Petrobas and Sete Brasil in Brazil from 2001 to 2014, despite KOM’s admissionsContinue reading “FINDINGS FROM KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE CORRUPTION PROBE”
PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL FUSION REACTOR PROJECTS AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister with regard to the recent experimental developments in fusion and the Government’s previously stated aims to look into nuclear fusion as a source of electricity generation (a) whether the National Research Foundation is looking to participate in any international fusion reactor projects, like the International Thermonuclear Experimental ReactorContinue reading “PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL FUSION REACTOR PROJECTS AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING”
BANKRUPTCY OF CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING PLATFORM FTX AND IMPACT ON SINGAPORE’S FINANCIAL MARKETS, REGULATION OF SUCH ASSET CLASS AND STRATEGIES OF SINGAPORE’S INVESTMENT ENTITIES
9 Ms He Ting Ru asked the Prime Minister (a) whether MAS will consider leading a specific study into the regulatory lessons to be learnt from the collapse of cryptocurrency exchanges such as Terra and FTX; and (b) whether there needs to be tighter requirements to ensure the stability of regulated cryptocurrency exchanges in Singapore. 10 Mr Dennis TanContinue reading “BANKRUPTCY OF CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING PLATFORM FTX AND IMPACT ON SINGAPORE’S FINANCIAL MARKETS, REGULATION OF SUCH ASSET CLASS AND STRATEGIES OF SINGAPORE’S INVESTMENT ENTITIES”
INCLUSION OF DATA FROM “BUY NOW, PAY LATER” AND LICENSED MONEYLENDER ARRANGEMENTS IN CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister (a) whether credit payment data from “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) arrangements and licensed moneylenders are included in consumer credit reports; (b) what are the considerations for their inclusion or non-inclusion; and (c) what is MAS doing to step up consumer education about the debt risks of takingContinue reading “INCLUSION OF DATA FROM “BUY NOW, PAY LATER” AND LICENSED MONEYLENDER ARRANGEMENTS IN CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS”
UPDATE ON LAMPPOST-AS-A-PLATFORM PROJECT
Mr Leon Perera asked the Prime Minister following the conclusion of trials in Geylang and One-North and the commencement of trials in Punggol Northshore, whether an update can be provided on the Lamppost-as-a-Platform (LaaP) project on the key performance indicators of the trials, insights gained from the concluded trials and preliminary findings from the Punggol Northshore trial.Continue reading “UPDATE ON LAMPPOST-AS-A-PLATFORM PROJECT”
LOWERING SINGAPORE’S VOTING AGE TO 18
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister whether there has been any reconsideration of lowering the voting age to 18 years. Mr Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister): The considerations for keeping our voting age at 21 have not changed. The replies to questions from Dr Lim Wee Kiak and Ms He Ting Ru thatContinue reading “LOWERING SINGAPORE’S VOTING AGE TO 18”
CHANGE IN SHARE OF PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND HDB FLATS WITH OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE LOANS SINCE 2008 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Prime Minister how has the share of private residential properties and HDB flats with outstanding mortgage loans changed since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam (for the Prime Minister): The share of private residential property owners with outstanding mortgage loans increased from 54% to 62% between 2011 and 2013,Continue reading “CHANGE IN SHARE OF PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND HDB FLATS WITH OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE LOANS SINCE 2008 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS”
IMPACT OF FTX’S BANKRUPTCY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL SINGAPORE DOLLAR AND SINGAPORE INVESTORS AND BUSINESSES
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Prime Minister (a) whether there is an estimated number of Singapore investors who are affected by the insolvency of cryptocurrency trading platform FTX; (b) what is the estimated size of total investments affected; and (c) of these, how many are from retail investors. Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam (for the Prime Minister): I thankContinue reading “IMPACT OF FTX’S BANKRUPTCY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL SINGAPORE DOLLAR AND SINGAPORE INVESTORS AND BUSINESSES”
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