Education is one of the main levelers in our society. It ensures that we have social mobility and allows every Singaporean, regardless of his or her personal background to be the best he can be. I asked Minister Masagos a Parliamentary Question on the enrolment rate of young children living…

Mr Murali Pillai asked the Minister for National Development whether HDB will set up regulatory sandboxes to encourage residents and commercial entities to experiment and develop innovative and environment-friendly solutions for HDB estates to reduce its carbon footprint and create a more sustainable environment. — — — — — —…

About 80% of Singapore’s resident population live in public housing. How the common areas in the public housing estates are managed, therefore, is a point of tremendous public interest. In the beginning, HDB and its predecessor, SIT, not only built flats but also managed the common property within the housing…

Mr Speaker Sir, it is important to bear in mind that the aim of this bill is relatively narrow and coheres with the current policy underpinning of the relevant articles in the Constitution: a. In the main, it serves to update the disqualification criteria concerning criminal convictions for membership for…

In the April 2022 sitting, I asked the Minister for Home Affairs whether there has been any uptick in unlicensed moneylending (“UML”) cases. My concern was that, with the increase in cost of living, unscrupulous unlicensed moneylenders may target vulnerable persons within our communities and subject them to loans…

In the April 2022 sitting, I took the opportunity to ask Senior Minister of State for Manpower, Dr Koh Poh Koon, a supplementary question on the topic of how to enhance the employability and increase the CPF savings of gig and platform workers. Anecdotally, I noted that there is a…

In November 2021, Minister for Law informed the House that his Ministry is studying the feasibility of setting up a Public Defender’s Office (“PDO”). I sought an update on this matter in the April sitting of the House. I was delighted to note Minister’s announcement of the Government’s decision…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has affected the food and pump fuel prices across the world, including Singapore. Given the increase in cost of living in Singapore, I explored with the Minister for Finance a suggestion to lower the petrol duty imposed on motorists that was increased in February 2021…

In Bukit Batok, some families face issues in purchasing consumables such as adult milk feeds and adult diapers for their severely ill family members. We have helped these families through community programmes. I took the opportunity to ask the Minister for Health whether the Government could consider removing the minimum…