Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) what are the current measures to prevent unauthorised arms sales and transfers from taking place through Singapore; and (b) what steps are being taken to review and improve such efforts. Mr Gan Kim Yong: Singapore adopts a comprehensive approach to prevent and deter unauthorised armsContinue reading “MEASURES TO PREVENT UNAUTHORISED ARMS SALES AND TRANSFERS FROM TAKING PLACE THROUGH SINGAPORE”
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REGULATION FOR DORMITORY OPERATORS ON SHUTTLE TRANSPORT WAITING TIMES AND ADEQUACY OF SERVICE
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry works with the Land Transport Authority on planning for the transport of migrant workers at dormitories; and (b) whether it regulates dormitory operators on monitoring of shuttle transport waiting times and adequacy. Dr Tan See Leng: Dormitory operators are only required by the ForeignContinue reading “REGULATION FOR DORMITORY OPERATORS ON SHUTTLE TRANSPORT WAITING TIMES AND ADEQUACY OF SERVICE”
MINIMUM SERVICE STANDARDS FOR OPERATORS OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Transport (a) whether LTA regulates operators of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging points to ensure minimum service standards, such as operational downtime; (b) if so, what are these standards; and (c) what are LTA’s findings when working with such operators. Mr Chee Hong Tat (for the Minister forContinue reading “MINIMUM SERVICE STANDARDS FOR OPERATORS OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS”
UPDATE ON REGIONAL POWER GRID TRIALS COMMENCED IN 2022
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether the Government can provide updates on the regional power grid trials which commenced in 2022; (b) whether the Government intends to implement full-fledged plans following the trials; and (c) whether there are plans to draw more electricity from the Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore powerContinue reading “UPDATE ON REGIONAL POWER GRID TRIALS COMMENCED IN 2022”
TIMELINE FOR DECIDING DEPLOYMENT OF USE OF SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS IN SINGAPORE’S ENERGY MIX
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Trade and Industry whether the Government has a timeline for deciding whether to deploy the use of small modular nuclear reactors in Singapore’s energy mix. Mr Gan Kim Yong: The Energy Market Authority (EMA) closely monitors developments on alternative sources of energy, including nuclear energy. EMA is awareContinue reading “TIMELINE FOR DECIDING DEPLOYMENT OF USE OF SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS IN SINGAPORE’S ENERGY MIX”
PROJECTED PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS TO BE LAUNCHED WITH CO-LIVING CONCEPT
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Government has data on the projected number of tenders and private housing units that will be launched with co-living concepts in the next five years; and (b) whether the Government is considering extending such concepts to the public housing market. Mr DesmondContinue reading “PROJECTED PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS TO BE LAUNCHED WITH CO-LIVING CONCEPT”
NUMBER OF SINGAPOREANS WHO ARE ABLE TO SET ASIDE CPF FULL RETIREMENT SUM
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Manpower (a) in each year over the last five years, what is the number of Singaporeans who are able to set aside their CPF Full Retirement Sum (FRS) fully in cash and in a mixture of property and cash respectively; and (b) what is the number ofContinue reading “NUMBER OF SINGAPOREANS WHO ARE ABLE TO SET ASIDE CPF FULL RETIREMENT SUM”
PROJECTED NUMBER AND PROPORTION OF HDB BTO UNITS THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED UNDER NEW STANDARD, PLUS AND PRIME FLAT CLASSIFICATIONS
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for National Development what is the projected number and proportion of HDB BTO units that will be launched under the Standard, Plus and Prime flat classifications in the next (i) five years, (ii) 10 years and (iii) 20 years. Mr Desmond Lee: The Housing and Development Board (HDB) isContinue reading “PROJECTED NUMBER AND PROPORTION OF HDB BTO UNITS THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED UNDER NEW STANDARD, PLUS AND PRIME FLAT CLASSIFICATIONS”
INCREASE IN POSTAL RATES DESPITE PROFITABILITY RECORDED BY SINGPOST
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Communications and Information whether IMDA will take into account the profit of S$38.8 million registered by SingPost in FY2022/23 when working with the company to review its decision to increase postal rates. Mr Tan Kiat How: Sir, from 9 October 2023, the postage rate for standard letter mail willContinue reading “INCREASE IN POSTAL RATES DESPITE PROFITABILITY RECORDED BY SINGPOST”
UPDATE ON USE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS RECEIVED BY NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND INCREASE IN DISBURSEMENTS FOR ITS MANPOWER HORIZONTAL PROGRAMME IN FY2023
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Prime Minister (a) how does the National Research Foundation plan to expend the additional S$0.9 billion received by the National Research Fund in FY2023, given the relatively small increment of S$34 million in total disbursement to approved organisations from FY2022 to FY2023; and (b) what accounted for the 11-foldContinue reading “UPDATE ON USE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS RECEIVED BY NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND INCREASE IN DISBURSEMENTS FOR ITS MANPOWER HORIZONTAL PROGRAMME IN FY2023”
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