Politics

Parliament

Jeffrey Siow & Kenneth Tiong debate over SIA's Air India investment in Parliament

Sep. 8 parliament sitting.

Parliament

Chan Chun Sing: Money must not be primary motivation for entering political service

Chan noted that due to various decisions, like the holding back of review in 2013, political salaries have been frozen for 15 years.

Parliament

'Every child deserves to feel safe': Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs on increasing safeguards in mosques & religious schools to protect minors

More has to be done, he said.

Parliament

PM Wong explains salary changes, will continue to assess Ministers & adjust salaries based on performance

Revised structure.

Parliament

Govt accepts recommendation to raise ministerial salaries, 1-off adjustment of up to 9% from Oct. 15

Ministerial salaries were last adjusted 15 years ago.

Parliament

PM Wong to donate pay increment for next 5 years following adjustment of political salaries

To suitable good causes.

Parliament

5,176 people arrested in S'pore for drink-driving between 2023 & 2025

40 cases were sentenced to lifetime disqualification.

Parliament

S'porean SMEs succeed because of relationships with MNCs, not in spite of them: PAP responds to WP future economy motion

Four political office holders spoke in parliament about the WP's economy motion.

Parliament

Create special zone around NTU with lower land costs: WP suggests in future economy motion

Lim said Singapore could wean away "from a top-down, foreign investment-reliant multinational economic model, and instead build a bottom-up domestic capital-led... SME focused one".

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Jasmin Lau shares lessons learnt from GovTech retrenchments

Lau added that as many officers as possible will be retrained and redeployed, " but we cannot avoid having to transition out some officers".