Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Home Affairs what are the conditions that the Police use to determine if the passport of an arrested person should be impounded. Mr K Shanmugam: The Police may impound the passport of an arrested person if he or she poses a flight risk. In assessing flight risk, theContinue reading “CONDITIONS DETERMINING IMPOUNDING OF ARRESTED PERSON’S PASSPORT”
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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND AMOUNT OF CASH DISTRIBUTED AT FESTIVE EVENTS ORGANISED BY PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION AND GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) for each year from 2020 to 2022, what is the total amount of cash distributed at festive events organised by the People’s Association and its grassroots organisations; (b) what is the total number of cash recipients; (c) whether all the recipients areContinue reading “ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND AMOUNT OF CASH DISTRIBUTED AT FESTIVE EVENTS ORGANISED BY PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION AND GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS”
PROCESSES RELATED TO INVESTIGATIONS INTO POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS, AND UPDATES ON RECENT CASES
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”
PROCESS FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT TO RUN FORMULA ONE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether the Ministry will release a breakdown of the process by which the award of the contract to run the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix for another seven years was made; and (b) whether the Ministry is currently reviewing this contract in lightContinue reading “PROCESS FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT TO RUN FORMULA ONE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS”
SUCCESS RATE IN PRE-MARRIAGE LONG-TERM VISIT PASS ASSESSMENT APPLICATIONS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each year from 2016 to date (a) how many Pre-Marriage Long-Term Visit Pass Assessment (PMLA) applications are received; (b) of these how many are issued with a Letter of Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) eligibility; and (c) of those who are successful and applied forContinue reading “SUCCESS RATE IN PRE-MARRIAGE LONG-TERM VISIT PASS ASSESSMENT APPLICATIONS”
APPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM VISIT PASS AND RE-APPLICATIONS FOR PRE-MARRIAGE LONG-TERM VISIT PASS ASSESSMENT
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each year from 2016 to date (a) how many Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) applications are received; (b) of these, how many applicants have previously applied for a Pre-marriage Long-Term Visit Pass Assessment (PMLA). Mr K Shanmugam: From 2016 to 2022, the Immigration and Checkpoints AuthorityContinue reading “APPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM VISIT PASS AND RE-APPLICATIONS FOR PRE-MARRIAGE LONG-TERM VISIT PASS ASSESSMENT”
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”
REVIEW OF MEANS-TESTED THRESHOLDS FOR ANNUAL VALUES OF PROPERTIES FOLLOWING REVISION OF ANNUAL VALUES
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Health (a) whether there are plans to increase the means-testing thresholds for annual values of properties (AVs) given that IRAS has revised the AVs upwards on 1 January 2023 to reflect the rise in market rents; and (b) why is the Ministry not using the AVs asContinue reading “REVIEW OF MEANS-TESTED THRESHOLDS FOR ANNUAL VALUES OF PROPERTIES FOLLOWING REVISION OF ANNUAL VALUES”
HDB FLATS WITH ANNUAL VALUE OF $13,000 OR MORE
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) how many HDB flats currently have an Annual Value (AV) of $13,000 or more; (b) of these, how many have zero per capita household income; (c) what were these two figures in 2022 before the AVs were increased on 1 January 2023Continue reading “HDB FLATS WITH ANNUAL VALUE OF $13,000 OR MORE”
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”
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