Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) for what kinds of offences have statements been video-recorded from witnesses and suspects during investigations by law enforcement agencies since video-recording was introduced in 2018; (b) what has been the impact of video-recorded statements in achieving positive outcomes, such as reducing allegations of involuntariness of statements;Continue reading “VIDEO-RECORDING OF STATEMENTS FROM WITNESSES AND SUSPECTS”
Category Archives: Sylvia Lim
ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER LEAKED CLASSIFIED US MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTS RELATE TO SINGAPORE
Ms Sylvia Lim (Aljunied): Thank you, Speaker. Two supplementary questions for the Senior Minister of State. To the best of my recollection, this is probably at least the third time where confidential or information shared with the US government has been leaked. I think we know of the earlier Wikileaks episodes and this is theContinue reading “ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER LEAKED CLASSIFIED US MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTS RELATE TO SINGAPORE”
NAMING OF MR LEE HSIEN YANG AND MRS LEE SUET FERN WHEN BEING INVESTIGATED FOR GIVING FALSE EVIDENCE IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS WHILE KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE SENIOR STAFF WERE NOT NAMED
Ms Sylvia Lim (Aljunied): Thank you, Speaker. I have one supplementary question for the Minister to aid understanding of what he said earlier. I think the question was posed to him by Mr Leong about whether the Police had actually issued an order to Mr Lee Hsien Yang and Mrs Lee to attend the interview.Continue reading “NAMING OF MR LEE HSIEN YANG AND MRS LEE SUET FERN WHEN BEING INVESTIGATED FOR GIVING FALSE EVIDENCE IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS WHILE KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE SENIOR STAFF WERE NOT NAMED”
IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY 2021 NATIONAL WELLNESS COMMITTEE ON JUNIOR DOCTORS
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Health whether any of the recommendations of the 2021 National Wellness Committee on Junior Doctors have been implemented so far and, if so, whether an elaboration can be provided. Dr Janil Puthucheary: Sir, my response will also cover matters raised in the question by Dr Wan Rizal1 scheduled for a subsequentContinue reading “IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY 2021 NATIONAL WELLNESS COMMITTEE ON JUNIOR DOCTORS”
AUTOMATIC REVOCATION OF CPF NOMINEE STATUS WHEN A BENEFICIARY BECOMES AN EX-SPOUSE FOLLOWING DIVORCE
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Manpower whether the Government will amend the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 to provide for the automatic revocation of a nomination when the beneficiary becomes an ex-spouse following a divorce. Dr Tan See Leng: The CPF nomination scheme provides CPF members with the option to nominate recipients of their CPF moniesContinue reading “AUTOMATIC REVOCATION OF CPF NOMINEE STATUS WHEN A BENEFICIARY BECOMES AN EX-SPOUSE FOLLOWING DIVORCE”
ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS TO CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Health in terms of using technology to care for older people (a) whether studies have been done to compare Singapore’s adoption of technologies and innovations with those of other developed countries in Asia; (b) if so, how does Singapore fare by comparison; and (c) what are the technological areasContinue reading “ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS TO CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE”
Manpower Situation
Ms Sylvia Lim (Aljunied): Chairman, in the last two years, there has been much press on the bad working conditions of junior doctors and nurses in the public healthcare system. There is also evidence, both anecdotal and from statistics, that Singapore is losing experienced healthcare practitioners to other countries and to private healthcare. One of theContinue reading “Manpower Situation”
Rental Housing
Ms Sylvia Lim (Aljunied): Chairman. During last month’s debates on HDB housing, it was acknowledged by MND that some families were not ready to buy HDB flats as they first needed to build up their finances. There are also other families who used to own flats, but due to disruptions such as divorce or business failure, ended up losing their homes. HDB rental housing isContinue reading “Rental Housing”
Road Tax for Electric Vehicles
Ms Sylvia Lim (Aljunied): Madam, the current formula for road tax for EVs consists of two components. The first requires a computation based on car’s power rating. 7.00 pm The second is a figure to be added, called the additional annual fixed component (AAFC). The AAFC is fixed from this year as $700 per year. ThisContinue reading “Road Tax for Electric Vehicles”
Tackling Dengue
Ms Sylvia Lim (Aljunied): Sir, after rising by six times year on year in 2022 to over 30,000 cases, dengue fever is expected to remain a serious health risk this year. NEA said in December that a rise in the high number of dengue cases at the end of the year could result in SingaporeContinue reading “Tackling Dengue”
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