PQ: Jamus Lim – Page 20 – Office of the Leader of the Opposition

GUIDELINES AND EDUCATION EFFORTS ON SHARED AND DESIGNATED LANE USAGE ALONG PARK CONNECTORS

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether there are plans for implementing official guidelines for lane usage via lane markings for all park connectors that are demarcated with separate lanes; (b) if so, what are these plans and the timeline for its implementation; and (c) whether there are public education effortsContinue reading “GUIDELINES AND EDUCATION EFFORTS ON SHARED AND DESIGNATED LANE USAGE ALONG PARK CONNECTORS”

UTILISATION RATE OF PARKING LOTS IN MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS OF NEWER HDB ESTATES

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether HDB has conducted any study on the utilisation rate of parking lots in multi-storey car parks (MSCPs) of newer estates such as Sengkang and Punggol; (b) if so, what is the average usage-to-empty lot ratio in a given month or year; and (c) whetherContinue reading “UTILISATION RATE OF PARKING LOTS IN MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS OF NEWER HDB ESTATES”

PRACTICE OF ALLOCATING BY ETHNIC GROUP PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR GAZETTING

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the current approach to gazetting public holidays retains the historical colonial-era practice of allocating two holidays per ethnic group; (b) if not, what considerations led to the abandonment of this principle; and (c) if so, whether the Government can explain the current mapping of holidaysContinue reading “PRACTICE OF ALLOCATING BY ETHNIC GROUP PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR GAZETTING”

MEASURES TO ASSESS AND BENCHMARK SUCCESS OF OVERSEAS NETWORKS AND EXPERTISE PASS SCHEME

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower (a) what measures are used to benchmark the success of the Overseas Networks and Expertise (ONE) Pass scheme; (b) whether the potential crowding out of local talents in allowing for ONE Pass individuals to take on multiple roles is considered; (c) what jobs will their dependants beContinue reading “MEASURES TO ASSESS AND BENCHMARK SUCCESS OF OVERSEAS NETWORKS AND EXPERTISE PASS SCHEME”

RISK TO ECOLOGICAL BALANCE WITH DEPLOYMENT OF GENETICALLY-MODIFIED MOSQUITOES AS VECTOR CONTROL

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment whether the Ministry has evaluated the risks in altering the ecological balance of the local wild mosquito population that is associated with deploying genetically-modified mosquitoes as a vector control method. Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien: The National Environment Agency (NEA) has been conducting research andContinue reading “RISK TO ECOLOGICAL BALANCE WITH DEPLOYMENT OF GENETICALLY-MODIFIED MOSQUITOES AS VECTOR CONTROL”

REASONS FOR DELAY IN OPENING OF PHASE 3 OF THOMSON-EAST COAST MRT LINE

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Transport (a) what are the reasons to wait for the end of the year before opening Phase 3 of the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line (TEL) to passenger traffic relative to the originally reported commencement in the second half of this year; and (b) whether the repeated train andContinue reading “REASONS FOR DELAY IN OPENING OF PHASE 3 OF THOMSON-EAST COAST MRT LINE”

LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF COVID-19 VACCINES ON CHILDREN AND REMOVAL OF VACCINE-DIFFERENTIATED MEASURES IN MEDICAL FACILITIES

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Health whether resource constraints at our medical facilities and hospitals remain a binding constraint on (i) the full removal of vaccine-differentiated measures (VDMs) and (ii) the consideration to make such VDMs illegal. Mr Ong Ye Kung: These questions have been addressed in my reply to Question Nos 1 andContinue reading “LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF COVID-19 VACCINES ON CHILDREN AND REMOVAL OF VACCINE-DIFFERENTIATED MEASURES IN MEDICAL FACILITIES”

ONE-OFF ADJUSTMENT TO CPF ORDINARY ACCOUNT INTEREST RATES TO BETTER REFLECT INFLATION PREMIUM

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower in light of the consistently high interest rate spread between lending and deposit rates, with limited pass-through of global central bank rate hikes to domestic deposit rates, whether the Ministry will consider (i) a one-off adjustment to CPF Ordinary Account (OA) interest rates that better reflect theContinue reading “ONE-OFF ADJUSTMENT TO CPF ORDINARY ACCOUNT INTEREST RATES TO BETTER REFLECT INFLATION PREMIUM”

PROPOSAL TO DEFER GST INCREASE GIVEN INCREASED TAX COLLECTION IN FY2021/2022 AND BELOW-INFLATION INCOME GROWTH

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in light of the recent study by DBS which found that income growth has not kept pace with inflation, and the sharp increase in tax receipts for the past financial year, whether the Ministry has considered (i) postponing the need to raise GSTContinue reading “PROPOSAL TO DEFER GST INCREASE GIVEN INCREASED TAX COLLECTION IN FY2021/2022 AND BELOW-INFLATION INCOME GROWTH”