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THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE SECOND SESSION ORDER PAPER THURSDAY, 5 MARCH 2020 No.

125 10.00 am 1 AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS Introduction of Government Bill 1.

Second Minister for Finance: Goods and Services Tax Voucher Fund (Amendment) Bill.

ORDER OF THE DAY 1. the financial year 1 April 2020 Estimates for (Paper Cmd.

24 of 2020) – Committee of Supply (Progress: 4 March 2020) (5th Allotted Day).
to 31 March 2021 [For amendments to be moved in the Committee of Supply, see Supplement No.

23 dated 28 February 2020.]

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER 1.

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Prime Minister whether there are plans to expand the Green Bond Grant Scheme with stricter regulations to ensure the adherence to the Scheme's definition of eligible expenses.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Prime Minister (a) whether the National Climate Change Secretariat has conducted a study on the impact and mitigation factors of climate change on low-income groups; (b) if so, what are the results of the study; and (c) if not, whether it will consider conducting such a study.

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Ms Anthea Ong: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) how many Singaporeans who are under 21 years of age reside in Singapore currently with a foreign parent who has not been given PR status; and (b) since 2016, how many of these non-PR foreign parents are (i) women (ii) sole supporters of their Singaporean child, having been separated, divorced or widowed from their citizen spouse and (iii) persons who have left Singapore with their Singaporean child to reside elsewhere following the expiry of their Long-Term Visit Pass or other visit passes.
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Ms Anthea Ong: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in each year since 2016, how many children granted Singapore citizenship have been born to (i) mothers with permanent resident (PR) status and (ii) foreign mothers without PR status respectively.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Law for each year of the past five years (a) what is the number of court applications involving a spouse who refuses to comply with court orders pertaining to the sale of the matrimonial home; (b) for these applications, what is the average and mean duration of the application from the date of the initial order requiring the sale of the matrimonial home; (c) what is the average and mean number of previous applications also involving such non-compliance by the spouse; and (d) if such data is not currently collected, whether the Ministry will consider collecting such data.
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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Law for each year of the past five years (a) how many cases has an Assistant Registrar been required to sign on documents for the sale of the matrimonial property because of refusal by the spouse to sign the sale documents; (b) for these applications, what is the average and mean duration of the Assistant Registrar's signing from the date of the initial order requiring the sale of the matrimonial home; (c) what is the average and mean number of previous applications also involving such non- compliance by the spouse to sign the sale documents; and (d) if such data is not currently collected, whether the Ministry will consider collecting such data.
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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for National Development for the nine licence fee categories in Part II and Part III of the First Schedule of the Animal and Birds (Dog Licensing Rules), how many (i) dog farms and (ii) pets shops respectively, have paid the licence fee in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019 respectively under each category.

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Ms Anthea Ong: To ask the Minister for Manpower in each year of the last three years (a) how many households have hired at least two domestic workers, disaggregated by the number of domestic workers; (b) of these households, how many consist of at least one person above the age of 65.

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Ms Anthea Ong: To ask the Minister for Manpower what are the grounds that the Ministry uses to reject (i) an employer's request to hire a foreign domestic worker and (ii) an employment agency's application to place a foreign domestic worker.

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Mr Zainal Sapari: To ask the Minister for Manpower what is the rationale and intent of requiring the Association of Process Industries (ASPRI) to support a company's application to recruit Process, Construction and Maintenance (PCM) work permit holders.