Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) how will the El Nino weather pattern affect Singapore in the coming year; and (b) whether preparations are being made for a dryer Singapore weather, including its effect on water supply from both the local catchment and imported water. Ms Grace FuContinue reading “LIKELY EFFECT OF EL NINO WEATHER PATTERN ON SINGAPORE IN COMING YEAR”
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COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY HDB ON QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP UNDER HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for National Development in each year for the last two years (a) how many complaints has HDB received regarding the quality of workmanship for the Home Improvement Programme; and (b) of these, which constituencies had the highest number of complaints. Mr Desmond Lee: In the past two years, HDBContinue reading “COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY HDB ON QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP UNDER HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME”
IMPACT OF ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON PLUS AND PRIME HDB BTO FLATS ON RESALE HDB FLAT PRICES
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Ministry has a projection of the impact that the additional restrictions on Plus and Prime HDB BTO flats have on resale HDB flat prices that are (i) within the vicinity of such flats and (ii) in other areas nationwide; and (b) ifContinue reading “IMPACT OF ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON PLUS AND PRIME HDB BTO FLATS ON RESALE HDB FLAT PRICES”
MECHANISM FOR MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE TO QUICKLY AVAIL ITSELF OF RESERVES MANAGED BY GIC
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister aside from redeeming the Reserves Management Government Securities, what are the other mechanisms in place for MAS to quickly avail itself of the reserves managed by GIC. Mr Lawrence Wong (for the Prime Minister): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) holds Official Foreign Reserves (OFR) for the conductContinue reading “MECHANISM FOR MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE TO QUICKLY AVAIL ITSELF OF RESERVES MANAGED BY GIC”
UPDATE ON INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALLEGED MISTREATMENT OF CHILDREN AT CENTRES OF PRESCHOOL CHAIN
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) when did ECDA start tracking the number of preschools that have CCTVs on their premises; (b) of the preschools with CCTVs installed, what is the proportion of preschools where CCTVs are installed in areas used by children; and (c) of the preschools underContinue reading “UPDATE ON INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALLEGED MISTREATMENT OF CHILDREN AT CENTRES OF PRESCHOOL CHAIN”
RADIATION TESTS ON SAMPLES OF SEAFOOD ORIGINATING FROM WATERS WITHIN 100-KILOMETRE RADIUS OF FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment since Japan started releasing treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on 24 August 2023 (a) whether the Singapore Food Agency has conducted radiation testing on samples of seafood imports originating from the waters within a 100 km radius ofContinue reading “RADIATION TESTS ON SAMPLES OF SEAFOOD ORIGINATING FROM WATERS WITHIN 100-KILOMETRE RADIUS OF FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT”
COMPANIES SELECTED FOR CAREER TRIAL PROGRAMME
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower since 2019 (a) how many companies have applied to be host companies under the Career Trial (CT) programme; (b) how many have been selected as host companies; (c) what are the main reasons for rejection; (d) how many CT invitations have been sent to jobseekers; (e)Continue reading “COMPANIES SELECTED FOR CAREER TRIAL PROGRAMME”
TRACKING AND IDENTIFYING SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the last three years (a) how many suspicious transaction reports (STRs) were filed with regard to property transactions; (b) how many of such property transactions were later found to be involved in money laundering (ML) or terrorism financing (TF) activities; and (c)Continue reading “TRACKING AND IDENTIFYING SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES”
SAFETY OF SEAFOOD IMPORTS FOLLOWING RELEASE OF TREATED WASTEWATER FROM FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): I thank the Minister for her replies. I note the Minister said that the discharge of wastewater is unlikely to impact the waters around Singapore. But can I ask the Minister if NEA or SFA is monitoring whether the water around the areas where our sources of seafood come fromContinue reading “SAFETY OF SEAFOOD IMPORTS FOLLOWING RELEASE OF TREATED WASTEWATER FROM FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT”
TRAINING CIVIL SERVANTS ON HOW TO IDENTIFY, REFUSE AND REPORT INAPPROPRIATE REQUESTS FROM POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister (a) whether civil servants receive training on how to identify, refuse and report inappropriate requests from political office holders; and (b) what protections against retaliation does the Public Service whistle-blowing policies provide to civil servants who report inappropriate requests from political office holders. Mr Chan Chun SingContinue reading “TRAINING CIVIL SERVANTS ON HOW TO IDENTIFY, REFUSE AND REPORT INAPPROPRIATE REQUESTS FROM POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS”
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