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”
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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”
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”
NPARKS’ REVIEW OF CAT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether NParks’ review of the cat management framework is on track for completion by late 2023; (b) what are the results of the six-month public consultation exercise on the framework launched in September 2022; and (c) whether the review will give due consideration toContinue reading “NPARKS’ REVIEW OF CAT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK”
HDB BLOCKS WITHOUT LIFT ACCESS AFTER COMPLETION OF FIRST ROUND OF LIFT UPGRADING PROGRAMME AND SUBSEQUENT RETROFITTING
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for National Development after the first round of the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) and subsequent retrofitting to provide direct lift access for more of HDB units (a) how many HDB blocks still have units without direct access to lifts; (b) where are these blocks located; (c) what areContinue reading “HDB BLOCKS WITHOUT LIFT ACCESS AFTER COMPLETION OF FIRST ROUND OF LIFT UPGRADING PROGRAMME AND SUBSEQUENT RETROFITTING”
BACKGROUND CHECKS ON FOREIGN NATIONALS BEFORE THEY SET UP SINGAPORE COMPANIES
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) what background checks are undertaken on foreign nationals before they are allowed to set up Singapore companies; (b) how does ACRA verify whether these companies’ activities are in line with what their directors declared when they were seeking incorporation; and (c)Continue reading “BACKGROUND CHECKS ON FOREIGN NATIONALS BEFORE THEY SET UP SINGAPORE COMPANIES”
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”
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