Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether the Government is exploring plans to sign an agreement with India to buy renewable energy; and (b) if so, what percentage of Singapore’s 2030 projected electricity demand target can be met from this agreement. Mr Gan Kim Yong: Singapore and India enjoy aContinue reading “POTENTIAL OF BUYING RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM INDIA”
Category Archives: National Sustainability
RADIATION TESTS ON SAMPLES OF SEAFOOD ORIGINATING FROM WATERS WITHIN 100-KILOMETRE RADIUS OF FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment since Japan started releasing treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on 24 August 2023 (a) whether the Singapore Food Agency has conducted radiation testing on samples of seafood imports originating from the waters within a 100 km radius ofContinue reading “RADIATION TESTS ON SAMPLES OF SEAFOOD ORIGINATING FROM WATERS WITHIN 100-KILOMETRE RADIUS OF FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT”
TRACKING AND IDENTIFYING SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the last three years (a) how many suspicious transaction reports (STRs) were filed with regard to property transactions; (b) how many of such property transactions were later found to be involved in money laundering (ML) or terrorism financing (TF) activities; and (c)Continue reading “TRACKING AND IDENTIFYING SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES”
REVIEW OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY’S PRESENCE IN SINGAPORE
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether the Ministry has conducted a recent review of the oil and gas industry’s presence in Singapore; (b) what is the expected impact of a potential exit by a key oil and gas company, such as Shell, on the industry; (c) what areContinue reading “REVIEW OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY’S PRESENCE IN SINGAPORE”
PLANS TO PHASE OUT USE OF COAL IN ENERGY PRODUCTION
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Trade and Industry whether there are plans to phase out the use of coal in Singapore’s energy production given that the new 600MW hydrogen-ready Keppel Sakra Cogen Plant is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2026. Mr Gan Kim Yong: Coal makes up around 1%Continue reading “PLANS TO PHASE OUT USE OF COAL IN ENERGY PRODUCTION”
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS TO ASSESS SINGPOST’S PERFORMANCE
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Communications and Information (a) whether the Ministry undertakes customer satisfaction surveys to assess SingPost’s performance as part of its quality of service framework; and (b) if so, what are the findings of the surveys for the last three years. Mrs Josephine Teo: The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) conductsContinue reading “CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS TO ASSESS SINGPOST’S PERFORMANCE”
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RELOCATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF PAYA LEBAR AIRBASE
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for National Development (a) what studies have been undertaken on the environmental impact of the relocation and redevelopment of Paya Lebar Airbase; (b) what are the findings from these studies; (c) what measures have been or will be taken to mitigate any negative environmental impact; and (d) if studiesContinue reading “ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RELOCATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF PAYA LEBAR AIRBASE”
TRAINING CIVIL SERVANTS ON HOW TO IDENTIFY, REFUSE AND REPORT INAPPROPRIATE REQUESTS FROM POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Prime Minister (a) whether civil servants receive training on how to identify, refuse and report inappropriate requests from political office holders; and (b) what protections against retaliation does the Public Service whistle-blowing policies provide to civil servants who report inappropriate requests from political office holders. Mr Chan Chun SingContinue reading “TRAINING CIVIL SERVANTS ON HOW TO IDENTIFY, REFUSE AND REPORT INAPPROPRIATE REQUESTS FROM POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS”
CONDITIONS DETERMINING IMPOUNDING OF ARRESTED PERSON’S PASSPORT
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Home Affairs what are the conditions that the Police use to determine if the passport of an arrested person should be impounded. Mr K Shanmugam: The Police may impound the passport of an arrested person if he or she poses a flight risk. In assessing flight risk, theContinue reading “CONDITIONS DETERMINING IMPOUNDING OF ARRESTED PERSON’S PASSPORT”
INCLUSION OF POFMA CORRECTION DIRECTION ON MAIN PAGE OF ASIA SENTINEL WEBSITE AND PAGE HOSTING ARTICLE WITH FALSE STATEMENT OF FACT
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Communications and Information with regard to online news site Asia Sentinel, why does the Government require the inclusion of a POFMA correction direction on both the main page of its website and on the page which hosts the article that contains false statements of fact. The Senior Minister of StateContinue reading “INCLUSION OF POFMA CORRECTION DIRECTION ON MAIN PAGE OF ASIA SENTINEL WEBSITE AND PAGE HOSTING ARTICLE WITH FALSE STATEMENT OF FACT”
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