The following question stood in the name of Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim – 6 To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) what are the considerations behind the siting of a sports stadium in a given housing estate; and (b) whether stadia equipped with running tracks are regarded as a standard amenity for everyContinue reading “CONSIDERATIONS FOR SITING SPORTS STADIUM WITHIN HOUSING ESTATE”
Category Archives: Jamus Lim
FINDINGS FROM KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE CORRUPTION PROBE
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Prime Minister what specific difficulties were faced by the Attorney-General’s Chambers and Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in considering whether to prefer charges against the officers of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (KOM) over corrupt payments from KOM to Petrobas and Sete Brasil in Brazil from 2001 to 2014, despite KOM’s admissionsContinue reading “FINDINGS FROM KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE CORRUPTION PROBE”
EX-OFFENDERS ASSISTED UNDER JOBS GROWTH INCENTIVE SCHEME
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim (Sengkang): I just wonder if the Minister, in light of the fact that as he explained, the JGI was so extraordinarily successful with helping with the placement of ex-offenders, whether this suggest to him that the Yellow Ribbon scheme, in and of itself, might actually be under-providing the kind of supportContinue reading “EX-OFFENDERS ASSISTED UNDER JOBS GROWTH INCENTIVE SCHEME”
PRESENCE OF HALAL VENDORS AS FACTOR IN PRICE-QUALITY METHOD USED FOR HDB TENANCIES FOR PRECINCT SUPERMARKETS AND COFFEE SHOPS
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development with regard to the price-quality method (PQM) criteria used by HDB for tenancies of precinct supermarkets and coffeeshops (a) whether including halal vendors constitute part of the PQM; (b) if so, which component of the quality score does this falls under; and (c) if not,Continue reading “PRESENCE OF HALAL VENDORS AS FACTOR IN PRICE-QUALITY METHOD USED FOR HDB TENANCIES FOR PRECINCT SUPERMARKETS AND COFFEE SHOPS”
PROCEEDS PAID BY HDB FOR LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance with regard to the proceeds paid by HDB to the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) for public housing development (a) whether there is any net revenue collected after land costs are paid; and (b) if so, what is the average net revenue collectedContinue reading “PROCEEDS PAID BY HDB FOR LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING”
BREAKDOWN OF GOVERNMENT LAND SALES REVENUE BY USAGE
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Law in each of the past five years, what proportion of Government land sales revenue is attributable to (i) commercial (including hotel and white sites) (ii) industrial (iii) private residential and (iv) public residential (HDB), respectively. Mr K Shanmugam: The sale of state land to the private sectorContinue reading “BREAKDOWN OF GOVERNMENT LAND SALES REVENUE BY USAGE”
USE OF LOW-NOISE ROAD SURFACING PAVEMENT MIXES ALONG SELETAR EXPRESSWAY INTERSECTING ESTATES OF SENGKANG AND PUNGGOL
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Transport in light of successful trials on low-noise road surfacing pavement mixes, whether there are any plans to utilise the technology for the stretch of road along Seletar Expressway that intersects the estates of Sengkang and Punggol. Mr S Iswaran: LTA will continue to evaluate and implement measuresContinue reading “USE OF LOW-NOISE ROAD SURFACING PAVEMENT MIXES ALONG SELETAR EXPRESSWAY INTERSECTING ESTATES OF SENGKANG AND PUNGGOL”
REASON BEHIND APPROACH TO MONTHLY COMPUTATION OF CPF INTEREST PAYMENTS USING LOWEST AMOUNT BALANCE
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the justification behind the current approach to monthly computation of CPF interest payments using the lowest amount balance; and (b) whether there have been considerations to perform daily or monthly, instead of annual, compounding. Dr Tan See Leng: The CPF system is designed to helpContinue reading “REASON BEHIND APPROACH TO MONTHLY COMPUTATION OF CPF INTEREST PAYMENTS USING LOWEST AMOUNT BALANCE”
BREACHES OF HDB’S MINIMUM OCCUPATION PERIOD (MOP) RULE AND STEPS TO ENSURE FLATS ARE OWNER-OCCUPIED DURING MOP
20 Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development whether HDB has considered (i) working with utilities companies to track utilities usage during the Minimum Occupation Period (MOP), as an indicator of non-occupancy, in addition to the current reliance on sampling resale listings on property sites and (ii) requesting property sales sites to monitor andContinue reading “BREACHES OF HDB’S MINIMUM OCCUPATION PERIOD (MOP) RULE AND STEPS TO ENSURE FLATS ARE OWNER-OCCUPIED DURING MOP”
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION TRENDS IN FIRMS THAT HAVE ADOPTED PROGRESSIVE WAGE MODEL
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry tracks employee compensation patterns for firms that have adopted the Progressive Wage Model (PWM); and (b) in particular, whether the Ministry has detected any systematic efforts to reduce total compensation disbursed by the company to the employee, in response to instituting the PWM.Continue reading “EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION TRENDS IN FIRMS THAT HAVE ADOPTED PROGRESSIVE WAGE MODEL”
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