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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE Second Session THURSDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2019 No.

95 11.00 am PRESENT: 1 Mr SPEAKER (Mr Tan Chuan-Jin (Marine Parade)).

Mr AMRIN AMIN (Sembawang), Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health.

Mr ANG HIN KEE (Ang Mo Kio).

Mr ANG WEI NENG (Jurong).

Mr BAEY YAM KENG (Tampines), Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.
Miss CHERYL CHAN WEI LING (Fengshan).

Mr CHAN CHUN SING (Tanjong Pagar), Minister for Trade and Industry and Government Whip.

Mr CHEE HONG TAT (Bishan-Toa Payoh), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education.

Mr CHEN SHOW MAO (Aljunied).

Miss CHENG LI HUI (Tampines).

Dr CHIA SHI-LU (Tanjong Pagar).

Mr CHARLES CHONG (Punggol East), Deputy Speaker.

Mr CHONG KEE HIONG (Bishan-Toa Payoh).

Mr DESMOND CHOO (Tampines).

Mr DARRYL DAVID (Ang Mo Kio).


Mr CHRISTOPHER DE SOUZA (Holland-Bukit Timah).

Mr ARASU DURAISAMY (Nominated Member).

Prof FATIMAH LATEEF (Marine Parade).

No.

95 28 FEBRUARY 2019 2 Mr CEDRIC FOO CHEE KENG (Pioneer).

Mr DOUGLAS FOO (Nominated Member).

Ms FOO MEE HAR (West Coast).

Ms GRACE FU HAI YIEN (Yuhua), Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Leader of the House.

Mr GAN KIM YONG (Chua Chu Kang), Minister for Health.

Mr GAN THIAM POH (Ang Mo Kio).

Mr GOH CHOK TONG (Marine Parade).


Assoc Prof DANIEL GOH PEI SIONG (Non-Constituency Member).

Mr HENG CHEE HOW (Jalan Besar), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence.

Mr HENG SWEE KEAT (Tampines), Minister for Finance.

Mr TERENCE HO WEE SAN (Nominated Member).

Ms INDRANEE RAJAH (Tanjong Pagar), Minister, Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Education.

Dr INTAN AZURA MOKHTAR (Ang Mo Kio).


Mr S ISWARAN (West Coast), Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in- charge of Trade Relations.

Dr JANIL PUTHUCHEARY (Pasir Ris-Punggol), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Communications and Information.

Dr AMY KHOR LEAN SUAN (Hong Kah North), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and Ministry of Health.
Dr KOH POH KOON (Ang Mo Kio), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Mr KWEK HIAN CHUAN HENRY (Nee Soon).

Dr LAM PIN MIN (Sengkang West), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Transport.

Er Dr LEE BEE WAH (Nee Soon).

Mr DESMOND LEE (Jurong), Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for National Development and Deputy Leader of the House.

Mr LEE HSIEN LOONG (Ang Mo Kio), Prime Minister.

Mr LEE YI SHYAN (East Coast).


Mr LIANG ENG HWA (Holland-Bukit Timah).

No.

95 28 FEBRUARY 2019 3 Mr LIM BIOW CHUAN (Mountbatten), Deputy Speaker.

Mr LIM HNG KIANG (West Coast).

Prof LIM SUN SUN (Nominated Member).

Ms SYLVIA LIM (Aljunied).

Dr LIM WEE KIAK (Sembawang).

Mr LOW THIA KHIANG (Aljunied).

Ms LOW YEN LING (Chua Chu Kang), Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Manpower.
Mr MASAGOS ZULKIFLI B M M (Tampines), Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs.

Dr MOHAMAD MALIKI BIN OSMAN (East Coast), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Mr MOHAMED IRSHAD (Nominated Member).

Mr MUHAMAD FAISAL ABDUL MANAP (Aljunied).

Assoc Prof Dr MUHAMMAD FAISHAL IBRAHIM (Nee Soon), Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social and Family Development.
Mr MURALI PILLAI (Bukit Batok).

Dr LILY NEO (Jalan Besar).

Mr NG CHEE MENG (Pasir Ris-Punggol), Minister, Prime Minister's Office.

Mr LOUIS NG KOK KWANG (Nee Soon).

Ms ANTHEA ONG (Nominated Member).

Mr ONG TENG KOON (Marsiling-Yew Tee).

Mr ONG YE KUNG (Sembawang), Minister for Education.

Ms JOAN PEREIRA (Tanjong Pagar).

Ms DENISE PHUA LAY PENG (Jalan Besar).

Mr PNG ENG HUAT (Hougang).

Mr PRITAM SINGH (Aljunied).

Ms IRENE QUAY SIEW CHING (Nominated Member).

Ms RAHAYU MAHZAM (Jurong).


Mr SAKTIANDI SUPAAT (Bishan-Toa Payoh).

Mr SEAH KIAN PENG (Marine Parade).

No.

95 28 FEBRUARY 2019 4 Mr K SHANMUGAM (Nee Soon), Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law.

Ms SIM ANN (Holland-Bukit Timah), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Deputy Government Whip.

Mr SITOH YIH PIN (Potong Pasir).

Mr DENNIS TAN LIP FONG (Non-Constituency Member).

Ms JESSICA TAN SOON NEO (East Coast).


Mr SAM TAN CHIN SIONG (Radin Mas), Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Social and Family Development and Deputy Government Whip.

Dr TAN WU MENG (Jurong), Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Mr PATRICK TAY TECK GUAN (West Coast).

Mr TEO CHEE HEAN (Pasir Ris-Punggol), Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security.

Dr TEO HO PIN (Bukit Panjang).


Mrs JOSEPHINE TEO (Bishan-Toa Payoh), Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs.

Mr TEO SER LUCK (Pasir Ris-Punggol).

Mr THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM (Jurong), Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies.

Assoc Prof WALTER THESEIRA (Nominated Member).

Ms TIN PEI LING (MacPherson).

Mr EDWIN TONG CHUN FAI (Marine Parade), Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Ministry of Health.

Mr VIKRAM NAIR (Sembawang).


Dr VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN (Holland-Bukit Timah), Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Mr LAWRENCE WONG (Marsiling-Yew Tee), Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance.

Prof YAACOB IBRAHIM (Jalan Besar).

Mr ALEX YAM ZIMING (Marsiling-Yew Tee).

Mr YEE CHIA HSING (Chua Chu Kang).

Mr MELVIN YONG YIK CHYE (Tanjong Pagar).

No.

95 28 FEBRUARY 2019 5 Mr ZAINAL SAPARI (Pasir Ris-Punggol).
Mr ZAQY MOHAMAD (Chua Chu Kang), Minister of State, Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Manpower.

ABSENT: Mr KHAW BOON WAN (Sembawang), Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport.

Mr LIM SWEE SAY (East Coast).

Dr NG ENG HEN (Bishan-Toa Payoh), Minister for Defence.

Mr LEON PERERA (Non-Constituency Member).

Ms SUN XUELING (Pasir Ris-Punggol), Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development.
Ms YIP PIN XIU (Nominated Member).

No.

95 1 28 FEBRUARY 2019 6 Budget Statement  (Minister for Finance) (3rd Allotted Day)  Question again proposed on resumption of Debate on Question (18 February 2019), "That Parliament approves the financial policy of the Government for the financial year 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.".

 Debate resumed.

Question put and agreed to.


2 Announcement by Speaker – Mr Speaker made the following communication to the House:- "We have completed the debate on the Budget Statement.

We are now going into the Committee of Supply to debate the Estimates.

I have revised the commencement time of the Committee of Supply to start immediately.

With the change in commencement time, the revised "guillotine" time for Head U – Prime Minister's Office is 4.55 pm which includes a tea break.

Hon.
Hon.

Members will be notified of the revised conclusion times for the subsequent Heads of Expenditure."

3 Estimates for the financial year 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 (Paper Cmd.

19 of 2019) – Committee of Supply (1st Allotted Day) – Supply considered in the Committee: (In the Committee) Head U – Prime Minister’s Office – Amendment proposed, "That the total sum to be allocated for Head U of the Estimates be reduced by $100.".

– (Mr Patrick Tay).

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.


The sum of $827,594,400 for Head U agreed to stand part of the Main Estimates.

The sum of $196,666,600 for Head U agreed to stand part of the Development Estimates.

Head M – Ministry of Finance – Amendment proposed, "That the total sum to be allocated for Head M of the Estimates be reduced by $100.".

– (Mr Liang Eng Hwa).

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

The sum of $839,636,400 for Head M agreed to stand part of the Main Estimates.
The sum of $152,563,600 for Head M agreed to stand part of the Development Estimates.

No.

95 28 FEBRUARY 2019 7 Head J – Ministry of Defence – Amendment proposed, "That the total sum to be allocated for Head J of the Estimates be reduced by $100.".

– (Mr Vikram Nair); Debate arising.

With the consent of Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lim Biow Chuan), Motion made, and Question put – Resolved, "That progress be reported now and leave be asked to sit again tomorrow.".
– (Senior Minister of State (Mr Heng Chee How), on behalf of the Minister for Defence).

Progress reported – (Senior Minister of State (Mr Heng Chee How), on behalf of the Minister for Defence).

Committee to sit again Tomorrow.

4 Adjournment  (Leader of the House)  Resolved, "That Parliament do now adjourn.".

Adjourned at 6.27 pm TAN CHUAN-JIN, Speaker Mr Speaker will take the Chair again at 11.00 am on Friday, 1 March 2019.

MEMORANDUM