Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs (a) what is the Ministry’s latest assessment of the political situation in Myanmar; and (b) how best can ASEAN and Singapore contribute towards the well-being of the people of Myanmar. Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs following the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting on 24 April 2021Continue reading “FURTHER ACTIONS BY ASEAN FOR MYANMAR’S POLITICAL SITUATION FOLLOWING ASEAN LEADERS’ MEETING ON 24 APRIL 2021”
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FURTHER ACTIONS BY ASEAN FOR MYANMAR’S POLITICAL SITUATION FOLLOWING ASEAN LEADERS’ MEETING ON 24 APRIL 2021
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs (a) what is the Ministry’s latest assessment of the political situation in Myanmar; and (b) how best can ASEAN and Singapore contribute towards the well-being of the people of Myanmar. Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs following the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting on 24 April 2021Continue reading “FURTHER ACTIONS BY ASEAN FOR MYANMAR’S POLITICAL SITUATION FOLLOWING ASEAN LEADERS’ MEETING ON 24 APRIL 2021”
FOURTH UPDATE ON WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO COVID-19
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker. First, a quick response to Minister for Home Affairs on his short statement. Yesterday, the Head of the Workers’ Party media team, Mr Leon Perera, put out this Facebook post, this is 13 hours ago: “It is important that as a society, we each do our part toContinue reading “FOURTH UPDATE ON WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO COVID-19”
SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE REGARDING ISSUE OF FIREARMS TO OFFICERS OF SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE AND AUXILIARY POLICE FORCES TO MINIMISE RISK OF MISUSE
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs what safeguards are in place regarding the issue of firearms to officers of the Singapore Police Force and the auxiliary police forces to minimise the risk of misuse by officers. Mr K Shanmugam: I will set out some of the measures in place to manage the risk of securityContinue reading “SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE REGARDING ISSUE OF FIREARMS TO OFFICERS OF SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE AND AUXILIARY POLICE FORCES TO MINIMISE RISK OF MISUSE”
CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S CHAMBERS IN DECIDING CHARGES TO BE PREFERRED
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs whether existing protocols or practices mandate that law enforcement agencies consult the Attorney-General’s Chambers for advice in every case before finalising decisions on whether to charge suspects in Court or not and what charges to prefer. Mr K Shanmugam: The discretion whether to charge offenders in court, and what chargesContinue reading “CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S CHAMBERS IN DECIDING CHARGES TO BE PREFERRED”
STATISTICS ON NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHARGED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY OFFENCES UNDER ANIMALS AND BIRDS ACT IN PAST FIVE YEARS
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for National Development (a) in each of the last five years, what is the number of people who have been charged for animal cruelty offences under the Animals and Birds Act; (b) of these, what is the number of people who have been (i) convicted and (ii) sentenced toContinue reading “STATISTICS ON NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHARGED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY OFFENCES UNDER ANIMALS AND BIRDS ACT IN PAST FIVE YEARS”
STATUS AND OUTCOME OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS INTO REPORT BY SPORTSG IN APRIL 2017 ON ALLEGED MISUSE OF FUNDS RESULTING IN POLICE RAIDS ON LOCAL FOOTBALL CLUBS
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs what is the status and outcome of police investigations into a report by SportSG in April 2017 concerning an alleged misuse of funds, which resulted in police raids of the offices of the Football Association of Singapore and three local football clubs as part of the probe. MrContinue reading “STATUS AND OUTCOME OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS INTO REPORT BY SPORTSG IN APRIL 2017 ON ALLEGED MISUSE OF FUNDS RESULTING IN POLICE RAIDS ON LOCAL FOOTBALL CLUBS”
NUMBER OF PIRACY INCIDENTS IN STRAITS OF SINGAPORE IN 2020
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Transport (a) in 2020, what is the number of piracy incidents in the Straits of Singapore; (b) how does this compare with the frequency of piracy incidents over the past three years; and (c) what efforts are underway to ensure that there will be a reduction of suchContinue reading “NUMBER OF PIRACY INCIDENTS IN STRAITS OF SINGAPORE IN 2020”
PROGRESS OF NATION-WIDE COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAMME
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): I thank the Senior Minister of State for the update. Two questions. The first, pertaining to the certification of the Moderna and Sinovac vaccines, does the Senior Minister of State have any update on those timelines? The second question is picking up from Mr Alex Yam’s first supplementary question: is theContinue reading “PROGRESS OF NATION-WIDE COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAMME”
TRACKING OF POLICE’S PERFORMANCE IN INVESTIGATING AND SOLVING CRIMES INVOLVING ONLINE SCAMS
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) how does the Police track its performance in investigating and solving crimes involving online scams; and (b) in cases where bank accounts of recipients of scam monies have been frozen by the authorities in Singapore, what are the impediments to expeditiously returning victims’ monies. Mr K Shanmugam: TheContinue reading “TRACKING OF POLICE’S PERFORMANCE IN INVESTIGATING AND SOLVING CRIMES INVOLVING ONLINE SCAMS”
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