Gerald Giam – Page 33 – Office of the Leader of the Opposition

Clarifications on Workfare for those earning less than $500 a month

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): Madam, I think I understand the policy intent of encouraging able-bodied people to work more, but has the Government done studies on what they think would be the best way, or what would be the best way to achieve this policy intent? How did it arrive at the conclusionContinue reading “Clarifications on Workfare for those earning less than $500 a month”

Debate on Annual Budget Statement 2022

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): Mr Speaker, the COVID-19 pandemic serves as a reminder to all of us of the importance of national resilience. We are now moving towards life with COVID-19 as an endemic disease, a path which is bound to be fraught with unexpected challenges. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has beenContinue reading “Debate on Annual Budget Statement 2022”

ASSESSMENT OF USE OF NON-MRNA COVID-19 VACCINES IN WIDER POPULATION

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Health (a) what are the considerations for not making the Sinovac-CoronaVac and Sinopharm vaccines generally available to children and adolescents, except adolescents who are not medically eligible for the Pfizer-BionNTech/Comirnaty vaccine; and (b) whether the Ministry has plans to make at least one non-mRNA vaccine generally available toContinue reading “ASSESSMENT OF USE OF NON-MRNA COVID-19 VACCINES IN WIDER POPULATION”

AMOUNT AND BREAKDOWN OF FUNDS DISBURSED TO TOWN COUNCILS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFE MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for National Development in each of the Financial Years in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (a) what was the total amount of funding allocated to Town Councils (TCs) for the implementation of safe management measures; (b) what was the total amount of claims from TCs submitted to the Ministry; (c)Continue reading “AMOUNT AND BREAKDOWN OF FUNDS DISBURSED TO TOWN COUNCILS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFE MANAGEMENT MEASURES”

ANNUAL PERCENTAGE OF RECYCLABLE WASTE PROCESSED AT MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITIES IN PAST THREE YEARS

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in the past three years what is the annual percentage of (i) recyclable waste processed at materials recovery facilities but not exported that are ultimately treated as general waste and (ii) recyclable waste reused as materials for new products. Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien: TheContinue reading “ANNUAL PERCENTAGE OF RECYCLABLE WASTE PROCESSED AT MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITIES IN PAST THREE YEARS”

UPDATE ON TEMPORARY ELECTRICITY CONTRACTING SUPPORT SCHEME AND IMPACT OF EXIT OF ELECTRICITY RETAILERS ON SMES AND SUPPORT AVAILABLE

Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) what is the Ministry’s assessment of the effect of the exit of various electricity retailers in 2021 on the electricity bills of small and medium enterprises (SMEs); and (b) how is the Government monitoring or managing the capacity of the remaining retailers so as toContinue reading “UPDATE ON TEMPORARY ELECTRICITY CONTRACTING SUPPORT SCHEME AND IMPACT OF EXIT OF ELECTRICITY RETAILERS ON SMES AND SUPPORT AVAILABLE”

ENHANCING SECURITY OF DIGITAL BANKING FOLLOWING RECENT SCAMS

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister (a) whether MAS will consider introducing a legally-binding risk-based approach framework in tackling the security of digital banking as has been done in Notice 626 which deals with Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism; and (b) whether MAS will consider implementing a customer risk profile assessment,Continue reading “ENHANCING SECURITY OF DIGITAL BANKING FOLLOWING RECENT SCAMS”

SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS FROM INDONESIA TO SINGAPORE

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) what has been the volume of pipeline natural gas (PNG) supply from Indonesia in each month since January 2021 and how does it compare to the volume in January 2022; (b) how many unplanned curtailments of PNG have occurred since August 2021; and (c)Continue reading “SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS FROM INDONESIA TO SINGAPORE”

USAGE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SCAMSHIELD IN BLOCKING SCAM CALLS AND MAKING APP AVAILABLE TO ANDROID USERS

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what proportion of mobile phone users in Singapore are currently using the ScamShield app; (b) to date, what percentage of scam calls and SMSes have been successfully blocked by the app; (c) why is the app not available to Android users; (d) when will theContinue reading “USAGE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SCAMSHIELD IN BLOCKING SCAM CALLS AND MAKING APP AVAILABLE TO ANDROID USERS”