Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for public sector employees who have reached the prevailing Minimum Retirement Age and have been re-employed by the Public Service, whether their full tenure will be considered for long service benefits, as provided for in clause 29 of the Tripartite Guidelines on theContinue reading “INCLUSION OF YEARS SERVED DURING RE-EMPLOYMENT IN LONG SERVICE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES”
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IMPACT OF RECENT HIGH-TECH FARM DELAYS AND FAILURES ON “30 BY 30” PLAN
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) how will the “30 by 30” plan on local food production be revised to move the local farming sector back on track; and (b) how will the Government better assist business operators to cope with business costs challenges, such as land leasingContinue reading “IMPACT OF RECENT HIGH-TECH FARM DELAYS AND FAILURES ON “30 BY 30” PLAN”
RATE OF RE-EMPLOYMENT OF PMETS WHO HAVE REACHED STATUTORY RETIREMENT AGE
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower in each of the last five years (a) how many resident professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) applied for and were offered re-employment upon reaching the statutory retirement age; (b) how many were not; (c) what were the reasons provided by employers for not offering re-employment,Continue reading “RATE OF RE-EMPLOYMENT OF PMETS WHO HAVE REACHED STATUTORY RETIREMENT AGE”
WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN PAID RETRENCHMENT BENEFITS THAT EXCEEDED PREVAILING NORMS
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Manpower (a) with reference to the Ministry’s 2017 survey on retrenchment benefits, how many workers have been paid retrenchment benefits that exceeded prevailing norms; and (b) whether the Ministry plans to continue undertaking and publishing such surveys on retrenchment benefits and, if so, with what frequency. Dr Tan SeeContinue reading “WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN PAID RETRENCHMENT BENEFITS THAT EXCEEDED PREVAILING NORMS”
LEASE OF JTC INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES TO SMES AT DISCOUNTED RATE
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) is empowered to lease of JTC industrial properties to local SMEs at a discount to the market rate; (b) if so, how many of such schemes are there and which industries are these schemes tailored for respectively; and (c) whetherContinue reading “LEASE OF JTC INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES TO SMES AT DISCOUNTED RATE”
LEVEL OF SINGAPORE’S INVESTMENTS AND TRADE UTILISING TRANS-CASPIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ROUTE
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) what is the level of Singapore’s investments and trade that involved and utilised the Trans-Caspian International Trade Route (TITR) since 2022; and (b) whether there will be an expansion of investments for Singapore to better connect with the TITR. Mr Gan Kim Yong: The GovernmentContinue reading “LEVEL OF SINGAPORE’S INVESTMENTS AND TRADE UTILISING TRANS-CASPIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ROUTE”
EFFORTS TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS FOR RESUMPTION OF TRISHAW TOUR OPERATIONS
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Trade and Industry whether the Singapore Tourism Board is currently engaging stakeholders in finding sites for trishaw tour operators to resume operations and, if so, when will new licences to operate such tours be available again. Mr Gan Kim Yong: This question has been addressed in the replyContinue reading “EFFORTS TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS FOR RESUMPTION OF TRISHAW TOUR OPERATIONS”
TIME LIMIT FOR EMPLOYER’S OBLIGATIONS AND EMPLOYEE RECOURSE UNDER WORK INJURY COMPENSATION ACT 2019
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the time period when employers are liable and required to submit and update the Ministry on the status of work injury claims under the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019; and (b) what recourse is available to employees (i) if their employers fail toContinue reading “TIME LIMIT FOR EMPLOYER’S OBLIGATIONS AND EMPLOYEE RECOURSE UNDER WORK INJURY COMPENSATION ACT 2019”
SUBMISSION OF SKILLS TRANSFER ROADMAPS BY COMPANIES THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN $5 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT GRANTS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether companies receiving more than $5 million in Government grants or tax subsidies are required to submit a skills transfer roadmap outlining how they will leverage the funding to upskill locals with specific targets; (b) whether future tranches of grant disbursements will beContinue reading “SUBMISSION OF SKILLS TRANSFER ROADMAPS BY COMPANIES THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN $5 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT GRANTS”
PROGRAMMES THAT SUPPORT SKILLS TRANSFER BY FOREIGN SPECIALISTS WORKING IN SINGAPORE
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower beyond the Capability Transfer Programme (a) what other programmes support skills transfer from foreign specialists, including employment pass holders, to Singaporeans; (b) what metrics are used to measure the impact of each programme; and (c) whether there are any targets or key performance indicators used toContinue reading “PROGRAMMES THAT SUPPORT SKILLS TRANSFER BY FOREIGN SPECIALISTS WORKING IN SINGAPORE”
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