Ho Ching cheers new rules for PMAs, hopes e-bikes can be registered too

Wife of Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Ho Ching, has weighed in on personal mobility aids (PMAs) via a Feb. 4, 2026 Facebook post.

"Yay! We finally are prepared to register PMAs," said Ho, adding that she hopes PMAs will have number plates as well for ease of identification in the case of accidents or misbehaviour.

At the same time, Ho said she hopes for similar registration for e-bicycles and other e-mobility devices.

Ho called for the next steps to be "proactively" taken for a "planet-friendly e-mobility that includes e-bicycles and PMAs, as well as normal bicycles".

"This is part of transition away from expensive and heavy road vehicles as the main mode of daily commute," she added.

Use less fuel

E-bicycles and bicycles use less fuel as compared to cars.

"A normal city car, even EVs, averages about 2,000kg of metal and industrial items," she said.

She added that a typical car carries an average of just over one passenger or about 100kg of biomass.

"That is burning 20 times more fuel, whether oil- or gas-generated electricity to carry 100kg of biomass," said Ho.

Exercise, mobility

She noted that in terms of road or land space, MRT trains can "carry more people further and faster, at a fraction of the cost and carbon emission of cars".

"But e-bicycles for daily commute cam provide exercise as well as mobility," she said, adding that this is provided "we rid the roads of toxic gases" from cars.

Changes

Ho's post comes on the heels of a number of changes pertaining to PMAs and Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs), which were announced by Minister of State for Transport Baey Yam Keng in parliament on Feb. 3.

From Jun. 1, 2026, mobility scooters and its equivalents will need to be registered under the Land Transport Authority to strengthen the enforcement of the rules governing mobility scooters and ensure only compliant devices are obtained.

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