Mr Leon Perera asked the Prime Minister for each of the past five years (a) what is the mean, median and range of total annual remuneration of the MX 9 (Superscale) grade in the Civil Service; and (b) of the total annual remuneration paid to MX9 officers, what is the average breakdown between the base salary andContinue reading “MEAN, MEDIAN AND RANGE OF TOTAL ANNUAL REMUNERATION OF MX 9 (SUPERSCALE) GRADE IN CIVIL SERVICE FOR PAST FIVE YEARS”
Category Archives: National Sustainability
CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO REQUIRE HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND WHETHER BUKIT BROWN CEMETERY WILL QUALIFY
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for National Development (a) what are the criteria for development works to require a heritage impact assessment (HIA); (b) whether the Bukit Brown Cemetery will qualify under the criteria; (c) whether one of the criteria will include a reasonable number of not-for-profit organisations or members of the public deeming the siteContinue reading “CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO REQUIRE HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND WHETHER BUKIT BROWN CEMETERY WILL QUALIFY”
LEVEL OF STOCKPILE ACROSS KEY FOOD ITEMS IN GOVERNMENT’S INVENTORY
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) what is the level of stockpile across key food items which are currently held in the Government’s inventory as compared to the stockpile that is required to be held by supply chain partners; (b) how has the number of months of stockpile changed overContinue reading “LEVEL OF STOCKPILE ACROSS KEY FOOD ITEMS IN GOVERNMENT’S INVENTORY”
COMPARATIVE COSTS OF RENEWABLES AND NUCLEAR POWER
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether the decision to embark on nuclear power may be precluded by the much more rapid decline of costs per megawatt hour for renewables relative to the much slower decline in nuclear power; and (b) if so, whether resources directed towards nuclear plant constructionContinue reading “COMPARATIVE COSTS OF RENEWABLES AND NUCLEAR POWER”
CONSIDERATION ON REPROCESSING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether there has been any consideration on re-processing spent nuclear fuel; and (b) whether there is currently any consideration of a threshold purity target for such re-processing. Mr Gan Kim Yong: The Government has no plans to process nor re-process spent nuclear fuel, nor areContinue reading “CONSIDERATION ON REPROCESSING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL”
IMPACT OF MALAYSIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPORTS BAN ON SINGAPORE’S ENERGY SECURITY STRATEGIES
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether Malaysia’s ban on renewable energy exports will prevent Singapore from importing renewable energy from other countries in the region like Thailand and Laos through existing powerlines in Malaysia; and (b) whether Singapore is in talks with Malaysia to consider joint renewable energy projectsContinue reading “IMPACT OF MALAYSIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPORTS BAN ON SINGAPORE’S ENERGY SECURITY STRATEGIES”
APPEAL TO DELAY INTRODUCTION OF SEA SPACE LEASES TO GIVE SMALLER FISH FARMS TIME TO REVIEW BUSINESS MODELS
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment whether the Ministry will consider pausing the introduction of sea space leases for next year to give smaller fish farms time to review their business models. Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien: To grow our aquaculture industry, we encourage farms to adopt sustainable, high productivity farmContinue reading “APPEAL TO DELAY INTRODUCTION OF SEA SPACE LEASES TO GIVE SMALLER FISH FARMS TIME TO REVIEW BUSINESS MODELS”
EXISTING NUMBER OF VERTICAL FARMS BUILT AND EXPECTED NUMBER IN OPERATION BY 2030
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) how many vertical farms have been built in Singapore so far; and (b) how many of such farms are expected to operate by 2030. Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) licenses farms for their farming activity and not on theContinue reading “EXISTING NUMBER OF VERTICAL FARMS BUILT AND EXPECTED NUMBER IN OPERATION BY 2030”
CURRENT AND FUTURE EFFORTS IN PULAU UBIN CONSERVATION PROJECT
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for National Development (a) what are the current measures of success for the ongoing Ubin Project to conserve and sensitively enhance the island; and (b) what are the future plans to conserve and preserve the island. Mr Desmond Lee: The Ubin Project was initiated in 2014 to preserve the island’sContinue reading “CURRENT AND FUTURE EFFORTS IN PULAU UBIN CONSERVATION PROJECT”
EFFORTS TO SPEED UP PROCESSING OF INCREASED PASSPORT APPLICATIONS IN PAST FEW MONTHS
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs in view of the spike in the number of Singaporeans applying for new passports in the past few months, what efforts are being made by ICA to speed up the current processing of passport applications. Mr K Shanmugam: There was an increase in processing time, earlier thisContinue reading “EFFORTS TO SPEED UP PROCESSING OF INCREASED PASSPORT APPLICATIONS IN PAST FEW MONTHS”
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