In the House

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...

Singapore—In Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 2), MP Gerald Giam (WP-Aljunied GRC) pointed out that while the take-up rate for TraceTogether has reached 80 per cent, there is no guarantee that people are using it, given recent concerns over privacy. He...

Singapore—Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMP) Leong Mun Wai and Hazel Poa Koon Koon will be raising questions in the House about the employment of foreigners. Mr Leong intends to ask Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a two-fold question regarding the...

Singapore—On Sunday (Jan 31), the Workers’ Party (WP) gave the public a preview into the topics the party’s Members of Parliament will be discussing the following day, which include Dover Forest, the Covid-19 vaccine, and gender-based discrimination in schools. Regarding...

Following the Progress Singapore Party's (PSP) statement on Jan 10 about ministers backtracking on TraceTogether promises, PSP Assistant Secretary-General Francis Yuen explained the party's position on the matter. Mr Yuen contested in Chua Chu Kang GRC during the 2020 elections,...

Singapore—House Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin announced on Thursday (Jan 14) that the nine new Nominated Members of Parliament (NMP) are to be appointed on Jan 21. The NMP scheme, introduced in Singapore in 1990, was put in place to ensure that...

In a written question, Raeesah Khan asked Mr K. Shanmugam about the Public Order Act. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (Jan 12), Ms Raeesah wrote: “Due to a few rejections for permits for one-person assemblies, I asked MHA a...

Singapore—Member of Parliament Christopher de Souza (PAP - Holland–Bukit Timah GRC), who asked in Parliament last week whether data collected under TraceTogether will be used for criminal investigations, has said that he’s glad the Government is clarifying the issue,...