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COS 2012 Debates: MEWR – Lapse of 2011 Water Agreement with Malaysia
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Pritam Singh According to the PUB, Singapore’s water supply comes from four taps – local catchment, desalination, NEWater and raw water from Malaysia. There has been some...
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COS 2012 Debates: MEWR – Management of Hawker Centres
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Sylvia Lim It seems to me that managing cleanliness in a hawker centre can be a complex matter, because there are different groups in charge of different pieces of the pie....
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COS 2012 Debates: MinLaw – IPTO Caseload and Service Levels
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Sylvia Lim Several of my constituents are undischarged bankrupts. They wish to move their cases along but tell me of the frustration they face in dealing with the Insolvency...
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COS 2012 Debates: MinLaw – Internet Regulation
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Pritam Singh I refer to the Minister’s comments made in early January at the launch of “The Mortal Enemy”, the winning trailer for The Originals Get Reel Contest organised by...
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COS 2012 Debates: MinLaw – Prosecutorial Discretion
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Pritam Singh I refer to the decision of the Court of Appeal in Ramalingam Ravinthran v Attorney-General [2012] SGCA 2 with specific reference to the nature and width of...
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COS 2012 Debates: MEWR – Charges On Water Consumption
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Low Thia Khiang Chairman Sir, 1. All of us can appreciate the importance of water conservation, especially in a place like Singapore. However, I am of the view that the...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOH – Increasing MediShield coverage and benefits
by NCMP Gerald Giam Mr Chairman, MediShield is a government-administered insurance scheme that is meant to help cover the costs of major hospital bills. Unfortunately, some of those who need...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOH – Pricing of Drugs by Public Hospitals
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Sylvia Lim In a Parliamentary answer on 14 February 2012, the Ministry confirmed that public hospitals operate their pharmacies as revenue centres. In other words, public...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOT – Concession fares for disabled and for polytechnic...
by NCMP Yee Jenn Jong There are many requests for more public transport concessions for the disabled and for polytechnic students. On 21 November last year, Minister Lui Tuck Yew said that the Public...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOT – Vehicle Quota System improvements
by NCMP Gerald Giam Mr Chairman, The Vehicle Quota System (VQS) exists to limit Singapore’s vehicle population growth rate. This is necessary because of Singapore’s limited land area and growing...
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COS 2012 Debates: MinLaw – Recognition of External Degrees
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Chen Show Mao Sir, Background Currently, external law degrees are not recognized for admission to the Singapore Bar. This was based on recommendations in 1993 by the First...
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COS 2012 Debates: MinLaw – Regulation of Moneylenders
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Chen Show Mao Sir, Background When the Moneylenders Act was re-enacted in 2008, its stated objectives were to facilitate moneylending in the modern credit economy, and to...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOH – Integrated Eldercare
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Chen Show Mao Sir, The importance of delivering integrated care to our seniors is well known. This applies not just to integrating the delivery of different kinds of health...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOH – Mental illness
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Low Thia Khiang Chairman Sir, 1. Mental illness is a condition that not only affects the individual and family but also the community. 2. I believe that mental illness will...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOE – Integrated Programme
by NCMP Yee Jenn Jong We started the Integrated Programme, or IP in 2004 to allow higher ability secondary students to skip the O levels into the A levels or its equivalent. I wish to propose an...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOE – Gifted Education Programme
by NCMP Yee Jenn Jong Gifted education programme was implemented in 1984. Primary school GEP starts a child at primary 4 in one of 9 designated schools. Students are identified after nation-wide tests...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOE – Special needs in mainstream schools
by NCMP Yee Jenn Jong There are some 13,000 school-going children with special needs. The larger portion or 7,600 are in mainstream schools. Therefore, we must pay attention to this group. MOE has...
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COS 2012 Debates: MOE – Support for preschool industry
by NCMP Yee Jenn Jong I state my interest as a service provider to preschool operators. However I do not run kindergartens which are beneficiaries of my proposals. MOE has earmarked $290 million to be...
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