Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for National Development (a) how often does BCA review regulations and guidelines for periodic facade inspections; (b) whether BCA has considered updating the regulations and guidelines to account for more extreme weather as a result of climate change; and (c) whether BCA will be conducting additional inspections ofContinue reading “REVIEW OF BCA’S REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR PERIODIC FACADE INSPECTIONS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE”
Category Archives: Housing, Transport, Infrastructure
DATA ON OFFENDERS OF ROAD TRAFFIC (PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS) RULES AND PUNISHMENTS RECEIVED
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each year of the last five years (a) how many people have been punished for breaches of Rules 6, 9, 10 and 11 of the Road Traffic (Pedestrian Crossings) Rules; and (b) what has been the range of punishments they received. Mr K Shanmugam: TheContinue reading “DATA ON OFFENDERS OF ROAD TRAFFIC (PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS) RULES AND PUNISHMENTS RECEIVED”
DATABASE OF LOCATIONS OF REPORTED ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether the Ministry tracks the location of all reported road traffic accidents in Singapore; and (b) if so, whether the Ministry will consider publishing a database of accidents with location data for research and advocacy purposes. Mr K Shanmugam: The Traffic Police (TP) has recordsContinue reading “DATABASE OF LOCATIONS OF REPORTED ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY”
UNOCCUPIED AND TOTAL RENTAL UNITS UNDER PUBLIC RENTAL SCHEME AND INTERIM RENTAL HOUSING IN SENGKANG AND PUNGGOL
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development for the past six months, what is the number of unoccupied and total rental housing units under the (i) Public Rental Scheme and (ii) Interim Rental Housing in the Sengkang and Punggol areas respectively. Mr Desmond Lee: The same pool of flats is used for bothContinue reading “UNOCCUPIED AND TOTAL RENTAL UNITS UNDER PUBLIC RENTAL SCHEME AND INTERIM RENTAL HOUSING IN SENGKANG AND PUNGGOL”
IMPLEMENTING DISTINCT QUANTITATIVE NOISE THRESHOLDS FOR EVENING PERIOD IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development as part of the review of recommendations made by the Community Advisory Panel on Neighbourhood Noise, whether the Ministry can consider implementing distinct quantitative noise thresholds for the evening period between 7.00 pm and 10.00 pm, with these limits being lower than daytime thresholds butContinue reading “IMPLEMENTING DISTINCT QUANTITATIVE NOISE THRESHOLDS FOR EVENING PERIOD IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS”
PROPOSAL FOR RENT-TO-OWN HOUSING SCHEME
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether HDB has considered a rent-to-own model, notwithstanding the availability of various grant schemes like the Step-Up CPF Housing Grants or Fresh Start Housing Scheme that are designed to help rental tenants progress towards eventual home ownership; and (b) if not, why not. MrContinue reading “PROPOSAL FOR RENT-TO-OWN HOUSING SCHEME”
FEASIBILITY OF PUBLIC FLAT RENTAL SCHEME FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH ONE NON-SINGAPOREAN PR MEMBER
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development whether HDB will consider expanding the Public Rental Scheme to accommodate a family nucleus household comprising one Singaporean and one non-Singaporean who is not a Singapore Permanent Resident. Mr Desmond Lee: The Housing and Development Board’s (HDB’s) public rental flats are heavily subsidised and limited in supply. TheyContinue reading “FEASIBILITY OF PUBLIC FLAT RENTAL SCHEME FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH ONE NON-SINGAPOREAN PR MEMBER”
ANNUAL NUMBER OF HDB BTO BALLOT ERRORS AND ACTIONS TAKEN
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for National Development (a) for each year of the last five years, how many HDB BTO applications were allocated a wrong ballot number due to the system categorising applicants in the wrong priority category; (b) how many flat bookings were allocated to such applicants; (c) how many of suchContinue reading “ANNUAL NUMBER OF HDB BTO BALLOT ERRORS AND ACTIONS TAKEN”
AVERAGE LIVING SPACE PER CHILD IN 1-ROOM AND 2-ROOM RENTAL FLATS AND MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR HEALTHY GROWTH
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for National Development (a) what is the average living space per child for children living in (i) 1-room and (ii) 2-room rental flats currently; and (b) what is the Ministry’s assessment of the minimum living space required for children to grow up in a healthy environment. Mr Desmond Lee: Continue reading “AVERAGE LIVING SPACE PER CHILD IN 1-ROOM AND 2-ROOM RENTAL FLATS AND MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR HEALTHY GROWTH”
STUDY ON EU’S MANDATE FOR INSTALLATION OF INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY IN NEW VEHICLES
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Transport whether the Ministry is studying the new European Union mandate for the installation of Intelligent Speed Assistance technology in all new vehicles this year to reduce road accidents and associated injuries and fatalities. Mr Chee Hong Tat: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is aware that the EuropeanContinue reading “STUDY ON EU’S MANDATE FOR INSTALLATION OF INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY IN NEW VEHICLES”
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