As may be recalled, one of our NS officers, SCDF SGT1 Edward Go, perished during a firefighting operation on 8 December 2022. Earlier in the year, I filed a PQ asking about the operational challenges faced during the operation. On review of the answer given by the Minister of State…

I kicked off the MHA COS Debate by highlighting the wonderful work that our SCDF officers of the Operation Lionheart contingent did last month in saving lives and comforting many whilst being deployed at Türkiye following the devastating earthquake. I then proceeded to make the following points. First, I asked…

During the Ministry of Foreign Affairs COS Debate this year, I made a cut-speech seeking the Minister’s assessment of Singapore’s relations with India and what we are doing to deepen India’s engagement here and in the region. In my speech, I noted an ST article dated 21 Dec 2022 in…

As may be recalled, HDB recently announced that it is speeding up the completion of BTO flats. I wanted to know whether this entailed HDB incurring acceleration costs over and above the development costs. I therefore filed a PQ seeking a clarification on this matter. In his reply, SMS Tan…

Some of the most uplifting conversations that I have had are actually with several of our disabled residents (PWDs). Their positivity and optimism is something all of us can emulate. One thing that they often raised with me is their wish to be gainfully employed for as long as possible…

It was recently announced that the Singapore Land Authority would be taking over the management of state land by HDB. As this involves 1,408 hectares of land and 600 Temporary Occupation Licences (“TOL”), I was concerned about SLA’s bandwidth to handle this properly. I therefore filed a PQ on the…

Criminal practitioners will agree that there has been a sea-change in the approach to discovery of relevant documents in criminal proceedings after the Criminal Case Disclosure Conference (“CCDC”) regime was introduced into the Criminal Procedure Code in 2010. This gives an accused person a much better ability to understand the…

In this increasingly digitalized world, investigation into white-collar crime has become all the more painstaking. In a symposium I attended as a speaker last year, the UK Director of Public Prosecution that in 1 case that his officers were investigating, there were approximately 32 million files across all devices. Lisa…

On 9 Feb 2023, MOE announced the relocation of Bukit View Primary School (“BVPS”) to a site about 2 km away. I was concerned about the decision as it appeared to me there was no prior consultation. I also recall that there were prior decisions on upgrading of BVPS…