Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Mr Speaker, I thank the Senior Minister of State. I have one question. Does the Ministry make it a requirement for service providers to extend work injury compensation to outsourced healthcare workers? Dr Koh Poh Koon: Sir, can I just clarify if the Member is asking about compensation by the hospitalsContinue reading “PROPORTION OF OUTSOURCED WORKERS IN HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS”
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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”
CLARIFICATION BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (TRACETOGETHER)
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I did not expect Minister to issue this statement at this current point in time, but I think it behoves me to ask some questions. I thank Minister for acknowledging that the CPC was not really in his contemplation when that statement was made. I think Minister hasContinue reading “CLARIFICATION BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (TRACETOGETHER)”
PAYOUTS UNDER SELF-EMPLOYED PERSON INCOME RELIEF SCHEME SUBJECTED TO CLAWBACK
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Speaker. I am following up on the answer by the Minister for Manpower. Minister for Manpower alluded earlier in her reply to cases that have been referred to the Police. Can the Minister share how many cases, in absolute number, have been referred to the Police? Secondly, the MinisterContinue reading “PAYOUTS UNDER SELF-EMPLOYED PERSON INCOME RELIEF SCHEME SUBJECTED TO CLAWBACK”
TREND OF NEIGHBOUR DISPUTE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY HDB GIVEN WORK-FROM-HOME ARRANGEMENTS
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): I would like to thank the Senior Minister of State for sharing that information. Can I request the Senior Minister of State to share what are the issues that come under the social disamenity criteria that was just mentioned because she did say that she does not have specific numbers ofContinue reading “TREND OF NEIGHBOUR DISPUTE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY HDB GIVEN WORK-FROM-HOME ARRANGEMENTS”
REVIEW OF THE CASE OF PARTI LIYANI V PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2020 SGHC 187
Mr Pritam Singh: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the Minister for the extended remarks on this matter. I have two questions. One pertains to the comments made by Minister on the lapse vis-a-vis investigations from the 30 October to 3 December. This was in Part 1 of Minister’s Statement. I think from the publicContinue reading “REVIEW OF THE CASE OF PARTI LIYANI V PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2020 SGHC 187”
LESSONS ON OPERATIONS AND SAFE DISTANCING MEASURES GLEANED FROM 14 OCTOBER 2020 MRT SERVICE DISRUPTION INCIDENT
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): I thank the Minister for that broad-ranging explanation as to what occurred. Just one supplementary question specific to the faulty cable. The Minister mentioned that the cable is now being forensically examined as to the reason its failure. For the earlier episodes of cable failure, was it a consistent reason as inContinue reading “LESSONS ON OPERATIONS AND SAFE DISTANCING MEASURES GLEANED FROM 14 OCTOBER 2020 MRT SERVICE DISRUPTION INCIDENT”
OVERVIEW OF GOVERNMENT’S STRATEGY TO EMERGE STRONGER FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Speaker. To Minister Indranee Rajah, thank you so much for that response to some of the questions the Workers’ Party Members of Parliament had on the Baby Support Grant. I fully recognise the trouble and the issue about settling on a start date for a grant like this which wasContinue reading “OVERVIEW OF GOVERNMENT’S STRATEGY TO EMERGE STRONGER FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC”
TRAINING CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS FOR SINGAPORE
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Speaker. I thank the Senior Minister of State for the reply. Just a brief question with regard to attracting Singaporeans to some of these jobs at CSA and more broadly the wider subset of the IT industry in Singapore. We have heard in the debate yesterday about ensuring thatContinue reading “TRAINING CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS FOR SINGAPORE”
DEVELOPMENTS ON FAIR CONSIDERATION FRAMEWORK AND MEASURES ON DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Minister, just two quick clarifications. The first, is on the size of the TAFEP team that surveys, educates and takes action against companies that engage in unfair hiring practices. What is the size of that team? Is the Minister of the view that that team needs to be enlarged? The second questionContinue reading “DEVELOPMENTS ON FAIR CONSIDERATION FRAMEWORK AND MEASURES ON DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES”
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