In the House

Singapore — On the first day of the Budget Debate on Wednesday (Feb 24), Workers' Party MP Louis Chua (Sengkang GRC) questioned the proposed  Goods and Services Tax (GST) increase sometime between 2022 and 2025. The planned hike should be...

Singapore — On Wednesday (Feb 24), the first day of the Budget Debate, Workers’ Party chief and Leader of the Opposition (LO) Pritam Singh took issue with the announced increase in petrol duties, calling it an “ill-timed bolt from...

Singapore — Even as the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) Non-Constituency Members of Parliament Leong Mun Wai and Hazel Poa voiced their support for SGBudget 2021 on the first two days of the Budget Debate (Feb 24 and 25), both...

Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday (Feb 24), Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh said that many Singaporeans are of the view that the salaries of Community Development Council (CDC) mayors are "outrageous". He added that this was mainly because they...

Singapore — Revisiting a longstanding issue in Singaporean politics, People's Voice (PV) founder and activist Lim Tean recently urged Singaporeans not to give ear to the People's Action Party (PAP)'s case against a living wage. Manpower Minister Josephine Teo's response...

Singapore -- Without any write-up, Workers' Party (WP) Member of Parliament Jamus Lim (Sengkang GRC)  shared former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng's recent post wherein the latter shared that he had apologised to the former for being rude. Mr Cheng had...

Singapore -- Workers' Party (WP) treasurer Gerald Giam is set to raise concerns over the Myanmar coup and its effects on Singaporeans with Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan at the Parliament sitting on Feb 16. On Monday (Feb 1),...

Singapore — Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has said it "may not be wise" to eliminate the criminal history of ex-offenders convicted of non-violent crimes for employment purposes. Workers Party MP Jamus Lim (Sengkang GRC) asked in Parliament...

Singapore—In Parliament on Monday (Feb 1), MP Jamus Lim (WP-Sengkang GRC) proposed a higher carbon tax which would make sure that Singaporeans would have a greater understanding of the costs of climate change. He also suggested that the revenues from...

Singapore—In his speech in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 2),  Pritam Singh, the Secretary-General of the Workers’ Party and the Leader of the Opposition, made it clear that it supports the law that restricts the use of the contact tracing...