Over the years, I have been tracking the progress of the building of the Bukit Batok Hawker Centre which is to be sited near the assisted living residential units for seniors in Bukit Batok HDB Town. I sought an update on matter with the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment…

Several residents, all of them seniors, informed me that they found the shingles vaccination too expensive. They asked if the Government can consider supporting them. From my ensuing research, I found out that more than 90% of Singaporeans aged 50 and above carry dormant varicella-zoster (chicken-pox) virus. Research from US…

During the Covid-19 pandemic, I convinced the Government to extend the Jobs Growth Incentive to ex-offenders. As at May 2022, 2,300 ex-offenders were supported. In January this year, I suggested that this form of support for ex-offenders be made permanent. Later, during Budget 2023, the Government announced the Uplifting Employment…

During my estate walkabout, I received feedback from residents concerning Home Fire Alarm Devices (“HFAD”) installed in our public rental flats emitting false alarms. Some of the rental flats are even unoccupied. I therefore filed a PQ asking about the number of false alarms in public rental flats over the…

My Parliamentary colleagues, Mr Vikram Nair, Mr Alex Yam and Mr Zhulkharnain Abdul Rahim, filed an important motion on the Israel-Hamas war that was unanimously passed in Parliament. I took the opportunity to deliver a speech in Malay. Please find below an English translation of my speech. Briefly, the 2…

As it is almost a year since the Public Defender’s Office (“PDO”) has been set up, I filed a PQ asking for an update on its operations. I also sought an understanding on how the PDO deals with cases involving alleged crimes that may be viewed by the public as…

Recently, I learnt about the incarceration of a transgender person who identifies as a female but was born with male genitalia in a female prison in Scotland for the offence of committing double rape of women. This, naturally, raised an outcry as a result of which, the person was transferred…

I recently received feedback about the prevalence of advertisements on social media platforms (that are accessible from Singapore) as a “catchment” for scams. Some advertisements apparently promote violence too (eg promoting sale of arms!). Concerned about these developments, I filed a PQ with the Minister for Communications and Information asking…

Recently, I noted a BT article in which it was stated that “Executive Condos are still residential market darlings”. The authors further stated that “for many Singaporean families, buying an EC is akin to getting a golden ticket to owning a private property”. As is well known, HDB recently reviewed…