Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Trade and Industry in respect of the ongoing administration of Sun Cable (a) whether Singapore is projected to suffer any financial impact; (b) how does this impact the Request for Quotation process under EMA; and (c) what is the assessed impact to our plans of maintaining our energyContinue reading “FINANCIAL IMPACT FROM ONGOING ADMINISTRATION OF SUN CABLE”
Category Archives: National Sustainability
VERIFICATION OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH OF INMATE AGAINST PUBLIC HOSPITAL RECORDS AT TIME OF ADMISSION
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs whether the Singapore Prison Service routinely verifies the mental or physical health of an inmate at the time of admission against the inmate’s public hospital records. Mr K Shanmugam: All inmates undergo health screening upon admission to prisons. As part of the screening process, the PrisonContinue reading “VERIFICATION OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH OF INMATE AGAINST PUBLIC HOSPITAL RECORDS AT TIME OF ADMISSION”
DUE DILIGENCE ON CARBON CREDITS ISSUED BY GOLD STANDARD AND VERRA
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) whether due diligence was done by NEA on carbon credits issued by Gold Standard and Verra before Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) were signed in 2022; (b) if so, what are the findings of the due diligence; (c) what is NEA’s assessment of recentContinue reading “DUE DILIGENCE ON CARBON CREDITS ISSUED BY GOLD STANDARD AND VERRA”
PROGRESS OF NATIONWIDE REUSABLE DINING-WARE SCHEME
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) whether the Ministry is able to provide updates on the progress of the Nationwide Reusable Dining-ware Scheme that was proposed by the Citizens’ Workgroup on Reducing Excessive Consumption of Disposables; and (b) whether it will consider banning disposables for dining-in at all chain restaurantsContinue reading “PROGRESS OF NATIONWIDE REUSABLE DINING-WARE SCHEME”
TREATMENT FOR RECURRENT SPENDING WHEN EXPENSED AS DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE VERSUS AS PART OF ONGOING EXPENDITURE
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance whether the Ministry follows any protocol when recurrent spending is expensed as part of development expenditure from designated development funds versus when it is expensed directly as part of ongoing expenditures. Mr Lawrence Wong: As and when necessary, the Government allocates moneys fromContinue reading “TREATMENT FOR RECURRENT SPENDING WHEN EXPENSED AS DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE VERSUS AS PART OF ONGOING EXPENDITURE”
SUPPORT FOR CHINESE CLAN ASSOCIATIONS AND LEARNING OF CHINESE DIALECTS
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) what is the current total number of Chinese clan associations; (b) whether the Government tracks the growth or decline in the number of such clans and their membership; (c) if so, what has been the trajectory over the past 10 years; andContinue reading “SUPPORT FOR CHINESE CLAN ASSOCIATIONS AND LEARNING OF CHINESE DIALECTS”
REASONS FOR CONTINUED INCREASE IN ARMED ROBBERY CASES ONBOARD COMMERCIAL VESSELS IN SINGAPORE STRAIT
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Transport (a) what are the likely reasons for the continuing increase in the number of armed robbery cases onboard commercial vessels in the Singapore Strait in 2022; and (b) whether any new measures have been taken by the Government on its part or in conjunction with neighbouringContinue reading “REASONS FOR CONTINUED INCREASE IN ARMED ROBBERY CASES ONBOARD COMMERCIAL VESSELS IN SINGAPORE STRAIT”
LESSONS FROM FIRE RESCUE ACCESS DELAY ON 8 DECEMBER 2022 DUE TO BLOCKAGE BY FUNERAL WAKE TENTAGE AT HENDERSON ROAD
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs in light of the reported delay of 18 minutes in accessing the fire incident site at Henderson Road on 8 December 2022 due to the blockage caused by a funeral wake tentage, whether the SCDF will be sharing with all funeral companies and Town CouncilsContinue reading “LESSONS FROM FIRE RESCUE ACCESS DELAY ON 8 DECEMBER 2022 DUE TO BLOCKAGE BY FUNERAL WAKE TENTAGE AT HENDERSON ROAD”
DATA ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES INVOLVING MINORS
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the past five years (a) what percentage of sexual assault cases have involved minors under the age of 16; (b) how many cases of sexual assault involving minors under the age of 16 are reported to the Police; (c) how many cases of sexualContinue reading “DATA ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES INVOLVING MINORS”
FINDINGS FROM KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE CORRUPTION PROBE
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Prime Minister what specific difficulties were faced by the Attorney-General’s Chambers and Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in considering whether to prefer charges against the officers of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (KOM) over corrupt payments from KOM to Petrobas and Sete Brasil in Brazil from 2001 to 2014, despite KOM’s admissionsContinue reading “FINDINGS FROM KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE CORRUPTION PROBE”
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