Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry tracks the proportion of the workforce that are able to and are practising work-from-home arrangements; and (b) if so, what is the current proportion respectively. Dr Tan See Leng: Based on MOM’s survey in 2022, 34% of employed residents had worked from homeContinue reading “PROPORTION OF WORKFORCE OFFERED WORK-FROM-HOME ARRANGEMENTS”
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RESIDENT HOUSEHOLDS WHERE MALE SPOUSE HAS NO INCOME OR LOWER INCOME COMPARED TO FEMALE SPOUSE
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in each year over the last 10 years, what is the respective number and proportion of resident households comprising a married couple where (i) the male spouse does not have an earned income but the female spouse does and (ii) the maleContinue reading “RESIDENT HOUSEHOLDS WHERE MALE SPOUSE HAS NO INCOME OR LOWER INCOME COMPARED TO FEMALE SPOUSE”
PRIMARY 1 REGISTRATIONS MADE UNDER PHASE 2A AND 2B BROKEN DOWN BY TYPE OF ELIGIBILITY
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Education in each year over the last 10 years, what is the number of Primary 1 Registrations made under (i) Phase 2A and (ii) Phase 2B, with the respective breakdown in the type of eligibility. Mr Chan Chun Sing: The proportion of children successfully registered in Phase 2AContinue reading “PRIMARY 1 REGISTRATIONS MADE UNDER PHASE 2A AND 2B BROKEN DOWN BY TYPE OF ELIGIBILITY”
BALLOTING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN PHASE 2B IN 2022 AND VACANCIES VERSUS REGISTRANTS IN PHASE 2B IN LAST 10 YEARS
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Education (a) what is the number of primary schools that required balloting in Phase 2B during the 2022 Primary One Registration Exercise; and (b) in each year over the last 10 years, what is (i) the number of vacancies and (ii) the ratio of registrants to vacanciesContinue reading “BALLOTING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN PHASE 2B IN 2022 AND VACANCIES VERSUS REGISTRANTS IN PHASE 2B IN LAST 10 YEARS”
PROFILE OF TENANTS WHO RENT HDB FLATS FROM FLAT OWNERS AND FROM HDB
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development in each of the past 10 years (a) what is the number of tenants who are (i) Singaporeans (ii) Permanent Residents and (iii) foreign passholders, renting from HDB flat owners; and (b) what is the number of tenants renting from HDB flat owners as brokenContinue reading “PROFILE OF TENANTS WHO RENT HDB FLATS FROM FLAT OWNERS AND FROM HDB”
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”
GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO SPH MEDIA TRUST’S INFLATED CIRCULATION NUMBERS
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Communications and Information (a) how does the Government determine the quantum of taxpayer subsidies allocated to SPH Media Trust each fiscal year; and (b) whether these subsidies are contingent on (i) qualitative and (ii) quantitative metrics and outcomes, respectively. Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Communications and Information regardingContinue reading “GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO SPH MEDIA TRUST’S INFLATED CIRCULATION NUMBERS”
COST OF LAND RECLAMATION OVER LAST 10 YEARS
19 Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development what is the cost of reclamation of reclaimed land on a per square foot basis on site area for each year over the last 10 years. Mr Desmond Lee: The cost of land reclamation projects completed in the last 10 years ranges from around $270 to $850Continue reading “COST OF LAND RECLAMATION OVER LAST 10 YEARS”
TIME-LIMITED RENTAL SUBSIDY FOR APPLICANTS WHO QUALIFY FOR PARENTHOOD PROVISIONAL HOUSING SCHEME AND PUBLIC RENTAL SCHEME
30 Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development whether the Government will consider providing a time-limited rental subsidy for rental flat applicants who qualify for the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme and Public Rental Scheme respectively, provided that they are unable to find alternative temporary housing arrangements and have been unsuccessful in obtaining a flatContinue reading “TIME-LIMITED RENTAL SUBSIDY FOR APPLICANTS WHO QUALIFY FOR PARENTHOOD PROVISIONAL HOUSING SCHEME AND PUBLIC RENTAL SCHEME”
NUMBER OF BTO FLATS WITH SHORTER WAITING TIMES LAUNCHED EACH YEAR
26 Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development since the introduction of Build-To-Order (BTO) flats with shorter waiting times in 2018 (a) what is (i) the number of such flats that are launched in each year and (ii) the proportion of such flats versus the total number of BTO flats launched in eachContinue reading “NUMBER OF BTO FLATS WITH SHORTER WAITING TIMES LAUNCHED EACH YEAR”
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