Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Prime Minister (a) whether CPIB is obligated to seek the Prime Minister’s concurrence to open formal investigations on potential offences that CPIB has uncovered; (b) if so, under what circumstances or cases will CPIB be obligated to seek such concurrence; (c) whether the Prime Minister’s power to give or refuseContinue reading “PROCESSES RELATED TO INVESTIGATIONS INTO POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS, AND UPDATES ON RECENT CASES”
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REVIEWS ON IMPACT OF BABY SUPPORT GRANT AND INCREASES IN AMOUNTS FOR BABY BONUS SCHEME
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has conducted reviews on the impact of the (i) one-off Baby Support Grant and (ii) past increases in the quantum of amounts paid out under the Baby Bonus Scheme. Ms Indranee Rajah (for the Prime Minister): We have put in place a comprehensive suite of measuresContinue reading “REVIEWS ON IMPACT OF BABY SUPPORT GRANT AND INCREASES IN AMOUNTS FOR BABY BONUS SCHEME”
REVIEW OF PAST CASES GIVEN RECENT ADVISORY ON MALWARE-RELATED UNAUTHORISED BANK TRANSACTIONS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister (a) in the past year how many fraudulent bank transactions have been made as a result of SMS one-time password (OTP) diversions; (b) whether MAS has a timeline for requiring banks to phase out the use of SMS OTPs in favour of other multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods;Continue reading “REVIEW OF PAST CASES GIVEN RECENT ADVISORY ON MALWARE-RELATED UNAUTHORISED BANK TRANSACTIONS”
RULES APPLIED TO POLITICAL OFFICEHOLDERS FOR SPEAKING AT EVENTS ORGANISED BY COMMERCIAL ENTITIES
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Prime Minister (a) what rules apply to Ministers and other political officeholders on whether to accept invitations to speak at events organised by commercial organisations; and (b) what are the enforcement mechanisms in place to ensure that political officeholders are not leveraged on to promote commercial interests. Mr Chan Chun SingContinue reading “RULES APPLIED TO POLITICAL OFFICEHOLDERS FOR SPEAKING AT EVENTS ORGANISED BY COMMERCIAL ENTITIES”
PAY RATIO DISCLOSURES FOR MINISTRIES, STATUTORY BOARDS AND GOVERNMENT-LINKED COMPANIES
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Prime Minister whether the Government is considering implementing pay ratio disclosures to require Ministries, Statutory Boards and Government companies to disclose the ratio of top to median, lower quartile and upper quartile staff pay ratios and, if not, why not. Mr Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister): In OctoberContinue reading “PAY RATIO DISCLOSURES FOR MINISTRIES, STATUTORY BOARDS AND GOVERNMENT-LINKED COMPANIES”
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PRIVATE SECTOR CANDIDATES TO QUALIFY AS PRESIDENT OF SINGAPORE
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Prime Minister in respect of the eligibility criteria for private sector candidates to qualify as President of Singapore which includes a condition for profitability throughout the entire period of the candidate’s service as chief executive, why is an equivalent criterion to measure successful leadership not included for Public ServiceContinue reading “ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PRIVATE SECTOR CANDIDATES TO QUALIFY AS PRESIDENT OF SINGAPORE”
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING LEASING OF RIDOUT ROAD PROPERTIES BY MINISTERS’ FAMILIES
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Prime Minister (a) how will the Government assure the public that the Minister for Law and the Minister for Foreign Affairs were not in receipt of any privileged information pertaining to the lease of 26 and 31 Ridout Road respectively; and (b) whether there are any rules, conventions or policies to ensureContinue reading “CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING LEASING OF RIDOUT ROAD PROPERTIES BY MINISTERS’ FAMILIES”
UPDATE ON CPIB INVESTIGATION INTO SEATRIUM
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Prime Minister regarding CPIB’s investigation into Seatrium and individuals from the company (a) what is the number of current and former employees of the company being investigated and whether they are based in Singapore; (b) whether the decision by Temasek Holdings to inject capital into then-Sembcorp Marine took into accountContinue reading “UPDATE ON CPIB INVESTIGATION INTO SEATRIUM”
DATA ON MONTHLY PENSION PAID TO RETIRED CIVIL SERVANTS UNDER GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Prime Minister what is the (i) lowest, (ii) median and (iii) highest monthly pension currently paid to retired civil servants under Government pension schemes. Mr Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister): The pension of a retired pensionable officer is fixed and is based on the officer’s length of service and pensionableContinue reading “DATA ON MONTHLY PENSION PAID TO RETIRED CIVIL SERVANTS UNDER GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME”
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES BY FAMILY OFFICES
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Prime Minister (a) whether the Family Office Development Team tracks the amount of contributions which family offices contribute to philanthropic activities each year; (b) if so, what is the total amount of contributions in each of the past five years; and (c) whether annual contributions to philanthropic activities inContinue reading “ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES BY FAMILY OFFICES”
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