MEWR (NEA) – Recycling Industry
Chairman Sir, The Singapore Sustainable Development Blueprint sets an overall recycling target of 70% by 2030, the overall recycling rate in 2008 is at 53%. NEA’s major initiatives like National...
View ArticleMOH – Medisave for outpatient treatment of chronic diseases
Since 2006, MOH has allowed Medisave to be used for outpatient treatment for chronic diseases such as hypertension, up to a limit of $300 per year. However, it would seem that this has been...
View ArticleMOF – Accountability of Budget Allocation
Chairman Sir, Budget Book serves as a public document on the proposed government revenue and expenditure for each financial year. It provides accountability to MPs and members of the public in the...
View ArticleMOH – Myopia
Chairman Sir, I understand that myopia is the leading eye disease in Singapore. We have among the highest cases of myopia in the world. There is a growing concern that blindness from myopia would...
View ArticleMOE – Chinese B 华文B课程
主席先生， 华文B课程在2001年开始推行，之后在2004年接受了华文课程与教学法改革报告书的建议，做了一些更改。 政府在1999年宣布这项课程时，主要是针对学习华文有困难的学生，避免这些学生因为被强逼学习华文，反而对华族文化产生厌恶感。请问教育部长，华文B实施至今，有没有达到当初的预定目标？我也想知道从2001年开始至今，历年来修读华文B的学生人数是多少？及格率又是多少？...
View ArticleMOE – Admission to local universities
Currently, the proportion of Primary One cohort admitted into the local subsidized universities is targeted to rise to 30% by 2015, with the new university and institute coming up. I would like to ask...
View ArticleMOT – public transport concessions for disabled
Disabled persons face challenges fitting into society for work, recreation and social interaction. Travel is a necessary step towards integration, to work, to socialise and to be consumers. There are...
View ArticleMOM – Raising productivity of contract and part time workers
Chairman Sir, As at June 2009, there were 87,400 resident employees on short term contracts of less than 3 months and 156,200 residents on part-time employment. About half of these employees are in the...
View ArticleMOM – Pay Cut at Age 60
Chairman Sir, By 2012, the re-employment legislation will require employers to offer re-employment to workers reaching 62 years of age, up to age 65, and eventually to age 67. However, the...
View ArticleMICA – Singpost
Chairman Sir, Visiting post office now can be quite an experience ever since the privatization and subsequent listing of SingPost on the Singapore Exchange. Over the years, Singpost has transformed...
View ArticleBudget Speech 2010 – Low Thia Khiang
[Watch Video] Speaker Sir, The Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) calls for a “clear shift” to sustain our future economic growth on skills, innovation and productivity rather than on expanding the...
View ArticleBudget Speech 2010 – Sylvia Lim: Growth For Singaporeans
[Watch Video] Each year, the government has certain GDP growth targets and plans the Budget and policies around it. This year, the government has put in place a productivity target recommended by the...
View ArticlePMO – Electoral Boundaries Review Committee Report
[Watch Video] In countries like the UK, electoral boundary revisions are carried out by an independent Boundary Commission under the charge of a High Court Judge. Proposed boundary changes are also...
View ArticleMHA – Drug and Inhalant Abuse
Tracking back the annual drug situation reports from 2002 to 2009, I have made the following tentative observations: (a) The heroin situation has significantly deteriorated. From 2004 to 2006 when...
View ArticleMND – Wet Market & Hawker Centre Development
Sir, the ESC calls for ‘bold steps to enhance land activity, so as to gain the greatest economic benefits from land, but in land scarce Singapore, we cannot treat land solely for economic benefits. We...
View ArticleMND – Housing option for distressed family
Chairman Sir, It was reported by the Straits Times that the number of homeless people has doubled. When I read the report, I was thinking whether this is more a social problem or a housing problem? My...
View ArticleMND – Housing for Divorced Families
Divorced mothers of lower income face challenges in housing. To be eligible for rental flats, one’s household income has to be below $1,500. This puts mothers who earn slightly more at a distinct...
View ArticleMTI – Research & Development
Since the year 2000, Singapore has spent $33 billion on R&D, also referred to as the Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development, or GERD. Of this, about $12 billion was funded by...
View ArticleMTI – Energy Policy
The Economic Strategies Committee has put forth recommendations on Singapore being a Smart Energy Economy. As electricity is a modern necessity, it is of paramount importance that it is reliable,...
View ArticleMTI – Entrepreneurship
Chairman Sir, The ESC and the Budget seem to focus heavily on helping companies which are already successful to become Globally Competitive Companies. In its drive to identify and assist these...
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