Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Obliged, Mr Speaker. Thank you to the Minister of State for the reply. My two clarifications will really be a follow-on from the question I asked last month on the Polytechnic Graduate Employment Survey 2024, which also showed fewer graduates securing full-time permanent jobs. The Minister for Education gave an extensive reply inContinue reading “ANALYSIS OF DECREASED EMPLOYMENT IN PERMANENT JOBS FOR FRESH GRADUATES IN PAST TWO YEARS AND MEASURES TO MONITOR AND BOOST EMPLOYMENT”
Category Archives: Supplementary Questions
POTENTIAL FOR FOREIGN-BASED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO MANIPULATE ALGORITHMS TO PRIVILEGE OR DISADVANTAGE REACH OF PARTICULAR CANDIDATES DURING ELECTION PERIOD
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Can I ask, Mr Speaker, how will the Ministry independently ascertain whether algorithms have been manipulated for the reasons that are put in the Parliamentary Question? Ms Sun Xueling: I thank the Member his supplementary question. In and of itself, algorithms are not illegal. Many social media companies have algorithms for the purposesContinue reading “POTENTIAL FOR FOREIGN-BASED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO MANIPULATE ALGORITHMS TO PRIVILEGE OR DISADVANTAGE REACH OF PARTICULAR CANDIDATES DURING ELECTION PERIOD”
FURTHER EXPEDITING OF APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER COMCARE SCHEMES
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker, just a clarification for the Minister. In view of the rising number of seniors who stay alone, for example, and may face difficulties to get online, notwithstanding more touchpoints that the Minister shared, does the Ministry consider more frequent, or is it looking at even considering theContinue reading “FURTHER EXPEDITING OF APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER COMCARE SCHEMES”
GUIDELINES FOR EMPLOYERS’ USE OF AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING TOOLS FOR HIRING OR PROMOTIONS TO PREVENT BIASES
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Mr Speaker, just a response to the Minister through a question vis-à-vis what he said about AI. Unfortunately, from the worker’s perspective, one usually is not in a position of information superiority over the employer, so you do not know what back-end selections or pre-qualifications your AI system has done. So,Continue reading “GUIDELINES FOR EMPLOYERS’ USE OF AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING TOOLS FOR HIRING OR PROMOTIONS TO PREVENT BIASES”
CAUSE OF RECENT LRT TRAIN BREAKDOWN, PROGRESS OF UPGRADING WORKS AND EXPECTED TIMELINE FOR RESUMPTION OF DOUBLE LOOP SERVICE
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Mr Speaker, I am going to just put a question with regard to the last part of the Minister’s reply to the Parliamentary Question which covered the MKBF data as an overall update on some of the breakdowns that have happened over the last few weeks. Just to confirm with theContinue reading “CAUSE OF RECENT LRT TRAIN BREAKDOWN, PROGRESS OF UPGRADING WORKS AND EXPECTED TIMELINE FOR RESUMPTION OF DOUBLE LOOP SERVICE”
REVIEW OF MEASURES AND HELP PROVIDED IN STUDENT BULLYING INCIDENTS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Education (a) in each year of the past five years, how many reports has the Ministry received regarding incidents of bullying that occurred within or outside of school premises; and (b) in view of the recent bullying incidents at an Institute of Technical Education campus, a secondary schoolContinue reading “REVIEW OF MEASURES AND HELP PROVIDED IN STUDENT BULLYING INCIDENTS”
OUTCOMES FROM GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME, AND RATIONALE AND PLANS FOR PROGRAMME REVAMP
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Minister for Education (a) what is the average class size for primary school students in the same cohort (i) enrolled in the existing Gifted Education Programme (GEP) (ii) enrolled in schools offering the existing GEP but are not part of the GEP; and (b) how are average class sizes expectedContinue reading “OUTCOMES FROM GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME, AND RATIONALE AND PLANS FOR PROGRAMME REVAMP”
BASIS OF SKILLSFUTURE JOBSEEKER SUPPORT SCHEME AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR APPLICATIONS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Sir, I understand the SkillsFuture JobSeeker Support Scheme is expected to cost $200 million yearly. How will this be funded? For example, will any tax increases be needed for this? Did the Government consider making this an unemployment insurance scheme so that it is more fiscallyContinue reading “BASIS OF SKILLSFUTURE JOBSEEKER SUPPORT SCHEME AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR APPLICATIONS”
IMPACT OF ESCALATING TENSIONS AND INTENSIFIED FIGHTING IN MIDDLE EAST ON SINGAPORE
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Given that the Minister has said that Singapore has access to many of the parties on all sides of the conflict, does Singapore have any plans to play some role to bring together the different sides, even in some small way? Dr Vivian Balakrishnan: Mr Gerald GiamContinue reading “IMPACT OF ESCALATING TENSIONS AND INTENSIFIED FIGHTING IN MIDDLE EAST ON SINGAPORE”
REGULATORY ASSESSMENT OF ALLIANZ INSURANCE’S PLANNED ACQUISITION OF INCOME INSURANCE
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Mdm Deputy Speaker. Just a few questions for the Minister. This pertains to the second thrust of his original reply, which was on the subject of Singaporeans’ access to affordable insurance products. Both my questions pertain to what has happened over the last 24 hours. The first pertains toContinue reading “REGULATORY ASSESSMENT OF ALLIANZ INSURANCE’S PLANNED ACQUISITION OF INCOME INSURANCE”
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