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Worker's Party Budget 2014 Speech – MP Sylvia Lim
by Sylvia Lim, MP for Aljunied GRC [Delivered in Parliament on 3 Mar 2014]SECURING OUR PIONEERSThe Workers’ Party supports Budget 2014.While my colleagues and I have comments and suggestions regarding...
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Budget 2014 Speech – NCMP Yee Jenn Jong
By Non-Constituency MP Yee Jenn Jong [Delivered in Parliament on 3 Mar 2014]Mdm Speaker, In Mandarin议长女士,...
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Khaw Boon Wan: We are still learning how to protect public funds
In Parliament today, there was a question asked of National Development Minister, Khaw Boon Wan, about what more could be done to protect residents when their town councils fail in various areas such...
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From Pioneer Generation Package to cardboard collecting pittance
Video: IMG_0193With Budget 2014 fresh in our minds I thought that now would be a good time to update my readers on the case of Madam L. You can read the previous blog entries from September last year,...
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NMP Lien: Every Generation is a Pioneer Generation
SPEECH BY LAURENCE LIEN, NOMINATED MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT BUDGET DEBATE 2014, SINGAPORE PARLIAMENT, 3 MARCH 2014Madam Speaker,In my last budget debate, I would like to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and...
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Inderjit Singh: The budget "completely ignored" rising costs for companies
MP For Ang Mo Kio GRC Inderjit Singh criticised the budget for ignoring the costs faced by companies but acknowledged its efforts to focus more on social needs.He said that currently, Singapore is at a...
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Sitoh Yih Pin: The Government has to be careful not to be labelled as "Out of...
Potong Pasir MP Sitoh Yih Pin described an "out of touch" politician. The label gives the impression that one is lacking in empathy and is a euphemism for elitism. Once a politician is seen to be...
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Khaw Boon Wan: Government is profiteering? Of course, not!
Just now in Parliament, MP Er Lee Bee Wah commented on coffee shops profiteering by raising beer prices well above the increased excise duty. This is a fair point.However, she wandered off by asking if...
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SDP: Here's how we can make Singapore less expensive
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has, perhaps not surprisingly, named Singapore the most expensive city in the world. But rather than just lash out at the PAP Government for this dubious...
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COS 2014 Debate: PMO – Attracting Malay Talents (MP Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap)
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 5 March 2014]Mdm on several occasions, the government mentioned publicly that there is a need to maintain the...
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COS 2014 Debate: MINDEF – New Defence Technologies in SEA (MP Pritam Singh)
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Pritam Singh [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 5 March 2014]International media have reported that the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) was demonstrated to the SAF late last year...
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NMP Laurence Lien: I don't want to extend my NMP term
Nominated Member of Parliament, Laurence Lien, has said that he is not looking for an extension of his term as an NMP and is going to let someone else take on the role when his term finishes in...
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COS 2014 Debate: MOM – Raising labour force participation rate (NCMP Gerald...
By Non-Constituency MP, Gerald Giam [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 7 March 2014]In the latest breakdown of economically inactive persons in Labour Force Survey 2013 [1], there were 8,600...
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COS 2014 Debate: MOM – CPF Nomination (MP Lee Li Lian)
By MP for Punggol East SMC, Lee Li Lian [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 7 March 2014]CPF proceeds are distributed according to the intestacy law if the member did not make any nomination prior to...
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Minister Shan: SG Property market will be good as long as we have good...
Below is a FB status update by Minister Shanugam:I went for a dialogue with about 1,700 property agents, organised by Propnex. They asked me, and I explained to them the government’s rationale behind...
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Sylvia Lim raises concerns about amount of outsourced Police, SCDF work
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Sylvia Lim [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 6 March 2014]Madam, I am concerned about many Home Team uniformed services turning to outsourcing as a response to increasing...
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Png Eng Huat: More foreign crane operators hired despite MND efforts to train...
During the Committee of Supply Debate in Parliament today, Worker's Party MP Png Eng Huat, raised the issue of crane operators still being mostly foreigners despite Khaw Boon Wan saying last year that...
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PAP MP Inderjit Singh's Speech during the Budget 2014 Debate
Budget 2014 SpeechBy MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC Mr Inderjit SinghMadam Speaker, thank you for allowing me to join the 2014 Singapore Budget debate.This year's budget, like last year's, is a socially...
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SDP: 新加坡民主党的建议已被肯定
YourSDP.org许多年前，人民行动党及其支持者描述民主党为一个只为反对而反对的在野党。换句话说，我们被形容为毫无建设性的政党。张志贤副总理曾抨击我党只 会”扔石头”...
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Png Eng Huat: MOE must tighten the rules for foreign scholars on tuition grants
By MP for Hougang SMC, Png Eng Huat [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 7 March 2014]Madam, every year, International Students receive about $12,000 to $75,000 each to study at our Institutions of...
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