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FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE ___________________ FIRST SESSION ___________________ ORDER PAPER TUESDAY, 10 JANUARY 2023 No.

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QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER* Dr Lim Wee Kiak: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the law imposing a cohort smoking ban that was recently passed in New Zealand (a) whether the Ministry can provide an update on whether the study on how the ban can be applied to Singapore has been completed; and (b) if so, when will the findings be published.
Mr Liang Eng Hwa: To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether an update can be provided on the study to impose a cohort smoking ban, which is similar to the recent ban imposed by New Zealand; (b) what are the issues that will be faced in its implementation; and (c) how soon can this cohort smoking ban be implemented.
Mr Seah Kian Peng: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development given the significant increase in the amount of bets placed on lotteries and sports betting in the financial year ending March 2022 (a) whether, and if so, what concerns does the Ministry have; and (b) whether the Ministry assesses there to be a need for additional measures to be introduced, such as to curb gambling addiction or to highlight responsible gambling.
Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs whether the power of the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau to commit a person to a Drug Rehabilitation Centre for treatment or rehabilitation or to be subject to supervision on the basis that the person is reasonably suspected to be a drug addict under Section 34 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 may be enlarged to include a person who is reasonably suspected to be a casual drug user but not an addict.

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10 JANUARY 2023 2 Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) what is the Government doing to explore the feasibility of seaweed production in Singapore’s waters; (b) whether the Ministry includes the local production of seaweed as part of its 30 by 30 agri-food strategy; and (c) whether the Ministry includes seaweed farms as part of its sea space lease provision.
Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) how many ex- offenders have been assisted under the Jobs Growth Incentive (JGI) scheme up to the end of the year 2022; (b) what are the top 10 industries that employ ex-offenders under the JGI; and (c) what steps have been taken to promote a higher take-up rate of the JGI amongst ex-offenders before the scheme expires on 31 March 2023.
Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry periodically monitors the sufficiency of supply of over-the-counter medicines in Singapore; (b) if so, what is the periodic interval; (c) what is the amount of emergency stockpile of such medicines to respond quickly to acute nationwide shortages; and (d) whether the Ministry will consider introducing controls against the purchase of such medicines in large quantities for the purpose of sending them out of Singapore.
Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Health whether an update can be given on the current state of our national stockpile of essential supplies of common over-the-counter medications.
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) how many cases are reported to the Adult Protective Service and the Child Protective Service in each year between 2020 and 2022 respectively; (b) how effective has the Strengthening Families Programme @ FSCs been so far since its inception, especially in reducing potential cases requiring the assistance of the Adult Protective Service and the Child Protective Service; and (c) what have been the most effective steps taken in preventing new cases of family violence or abuse.
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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Health what are the measures taken with the Ministry of Manpower to exercise appropriate flexibility under the work pass framework on the hiring of foreign nurses to meet the healthcare sector's manpower needs.

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Mr Seah Kian Peng: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth whether the Government assesses there to be a need to raise the respective contribution amounts by employees to Self-Help Groups, namely, the Chinese Development Assistance Council Fund, Eurasian Community Fund, Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund and Singapore Indian Development Association Fund, particularly for those earning high incomes.

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Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for Transport whether the Ministry will implement a rule requiring all commercial trucks, lorries and buses to have rear view camera installed as an added safety measure to prevent accidents from happening to workers while the vehicle is reversing.

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Mr Liang Eng Hwa: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) among the recent spate of home fires, whether there are increasing cases of electrical related fires; and (b) what further preventive measures can be put in place to tackle fires related to electrical appliances and devices.

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Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry in light of the COVID-19 situation in China (a) whether the Ministry anticipates any disruptions in key supply chains for Singapore; (b) if so, which areas are expected to be harder hit; and (c) what measures are being taken to address these potential disruptions.

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Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information (a) what is the Government's present position on the airing of Chinese dialect programmes on radio and television channels; and (b) whether there are any plans to allow some or more programmes in Chinese dialects on our radio and television channels to promote the preservation of heritage and encourage younger Chinese Singaporeans to be conversant in their dialects.

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Ms Denise Phua Lay Peng: To ask the Minister for Law (a) what are the factors taken into consideration when deciding whether or not to press charges against persons with disabilities, especially those with less than full mental capacity; and (b) whether the Ministry is able to share on any past case studies to illustrate the above.

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Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for National Development in determining the value of land that will be used to build HDB BTO flats (a) what is the differential that the Chief Valuer applies to land used for public housing compared to that for private housing; and (b) whether the private housing land use comparables used to value land for HDB BTO flats are based on the records of the last transacted private residential land sold by the Government and private parties.

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Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information whether the Government or any other entities owned or controlled by the Government provides funding to any foreign persons providing public commentary to promote or support Government policies or Singapore on social media platforms such as Facebook.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for National Development what is the cost of reclamation of reclaimed land on a per square foot basis on site area for each year over the last 10 years.

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Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Health in relation to patients seeking treatment or requiring to be hospitalised at the restructured hospitals (a) what is the policy as to whether a deposit has to be placed with the hospital before commencing procedures or treatment; (b) whether there is a standardised amount as to the size of the deposit; (c) what are the differences in policy between Singapore citizens, residents and foreign patients; and (d) whether exceptions are made for cases of medical exigencies.
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Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for National Development given the surge in HDB rental prices, whether the Ministry intends (i) to regulate the rental prices of HDB flats if they continue to go up and (ii) to enhance rental regulations to allow Singaporeans to have better access to the HDB rental market.

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Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Prime Minister (a) whether the Government tracks the take-up of e-Government services, with this data broken down by age group; (b) whether there has been any observed "drop out" or reduction in the number of service users of an elderly age when Government services are transitioned to digitalised e-Government platforms; and (c) if so, what lessons and conclusions have been drawn.

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Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Education whether the Ministry will consider doing a study on the average out-of-pocket spending by households on tuition and enrichment classes for children, broken down by income decile, to better understand the demand for and effects of the private tuition industry by income segment.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for National Development with regard to the price-quality method (PQM) criteria used by HDB for tenancies of precinct supermarkets and coffeeshops (a) whether including halal vendors constitute part of the PQM; (b) if so, which component of the quality score does this falls under; and (c) if not, how does HDB ensure that halal options are available for Muslim residents.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) with regard to the price-quality method (PQM) criteria used by HDB for tenancies of precinct supermarkets and coffeeshops, whether the affordability criteria initially used for determination of the award is subsequently monitored; and (b) if not, how does HDB ensure that coffeeshops that secure the winning bid will subsequently maintain affordable pricing.
Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether and, if so, what studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of judicial caning as a deterrent to serious crimes such as rape and sexual offences against young children; and (b) to what extent such application of judicial caning has shaped (i) public confidence in the criminal justice system and (ii) the public's sense of safety against such serious crimes.

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Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs with regard to sexual offences or violence cases involving young children, whether the Ministry is considering the imposition of judicial caning for offenders who are above 50 years old at the time of sentencing but were below 50 years old at the time of the commission of the offence or arrest.

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Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) over the past 10 years, how many offenders who committed serious crimes such as rape and sexual offences against young children have been spared from caning on account of their age; and (b) whether the Ministry will consider other factors, such as the offenders’ health condition, rather than age, to determine if someone is fit for caning for such serious crimes.

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Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan: To ask the Minister for Education (a) whether the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) extends into secondary school; and (b) whether there will be a review of the GEP to consider if it is still relevant and useful in schools today.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for National Development whether the Government will consider providing a time-limited rental subsidy for rental flat applicants who qualify for the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme and Public Rental Scheme respectively, provided that they are unable to find alternative temporary housing arrangements and have been unsuccessful in obtaining a flat from the HDB after a pre-defined time period.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance with regard to the proceeds paid by HDB to the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) for public housing development (a) whether there is any net revenue collected after land costs are paid; and (b) if so, what is the average net revenue collected per year over the past five years.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Education how does the Ministry monitor whether schools have appropriately reduced the teaching or CCA duties for teacher-counsellors to ensure that such teachers are able to balance their teaching and counselling workloads.

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Ms Sylvia Lim: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) for the last two years, how many households are in arrears of HDB loan repayments; and (b) whether there is an over-representation of households in arrears where flat owners are over 55 years of age.

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Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) whether the Ministry has data on the current average, upper and lower quartile costs that Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) certificate issuers are charging today and, if so, what are they; (b) whether there are plans to implement fee guidelines to discourage LPA certificate issuers from overcharging; and (c) whether the Ministry will consider providing subsidies for the cost of applying for an LPA.
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Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Ministry will consider raising the Minimum Occupation Period (MOP) of HDB Build-to-Order (BTO) flats; (b) to date, how many BTO flats have been returned to HDB for not fulfilling the MOP; (c) how many requests to return BTO flats during MOP has HDB received to date; and (d) of which, what percentage is approved.

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Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for National Development in each of the last five years (a) how many reports have HDB received from members of the public regarding HDB BTO flats being left unoccupied or rented out entirely during the Minimum Occupation Period; (b) how many of these reports are substantiated and acted upon by HDB; and (c) what are the range of penalties imposed on errant lessees.

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Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) how many businesses successfully applied for the Inclusive Business Programme to support the employment of persons with disabilities at HDB shop spaces; and (b) what steps have been taken to promote the provision of more employment opportunities for such persons at the HDB estates where they live.

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Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) how many reports has the Committee Against Profiteering received since the Committee was reconvened in March 2022; and (b) how many of these reports are substantiated.

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Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Prime Minister for each year since 2000 (a) what is the estimated number of full-time public sector jobs that have been lost due to the outsourcing of Government functions to the private sector; and (b) what is the percentage of contract workers among public sector employees.

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Ms Denise Phua Lay Peng: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in dealing with alleged offenders with disabilities, especially those with less than full mental capacity (a) what challenges does the Police face in ensuring smooth and fair investigation; (b) what are the selection criteria for the volunteers in the Appropriate Adult Scheme; (c) how are their suitability and competencies assessed; and (d) what proactive communication efforts are made with families, schools and charities associated with these alleged offenders to assure them of the support that will be provided.
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Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) how does LTA enforce against personal mobility devices (PMDs) that have been illegally modified after the device has been registered; and (b) whether an update can be provided on the number of enforcement actions taken against those who modify or sell illegally modified PMDs in the past three years.

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Ms Denise Phua Lay Peng: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) under what circumstances will sheltered linkways be approved for construction if they are not close to major transport nodes and key amenities; and (b) whether residential estates that consist largely of elderly profiles be favourably considered for sheltered linkways to be constructed.

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Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Transport what are the Ministry’s plans to gradually reduce the number of foreign internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles entering Singapore over the next few years, including goods and commercial ICE vehicles, as well as those used by foreign workers when travelling to Singapore for work.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in each year for the past five years, what is the number of children under 12 years old who are injured or killed respectively in (i) taxis and (ii) private hire cars.

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Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information for each year in 2021 and 2022 (a) how many Home Access 3.0 applicants are required by the Internet Service Provider to put up a cash deposit as a precondition of service provision; (b) what is the range of amounts for these cash deposits; and (c) what measures are available to help low-income families who find a cash deposit requirement an obstacle to taking up the scheme.
* Members may postpone their Questions to a later sitting day if their Questions are not reached by the end of Question Time (QT).

For such Questions, Members may email to parl_cop@parl.gov.sg in advance a postponement notice that will be effected after QT.

Members must submit their notices to the Clerk within one hour after the end of QT (SO 22(3)).

Questions will be given a written answer if no such notices are received by the Clerk within the stipulated time.

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80 10 JANUARY 2023 8 ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICE OF MOTION (Those marked  are Orders of the Day) 1.

SkillsFuture Singapore Agency (Amendment) Bill [Bill No.

38/2022] – (Minister for Education).

Resumption of Debate on Question (9 January 2023) “That the Bill be now read a second time.”.

– (Minister for Education).

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Skills Development Levy (Amendment) Bill [Bill No.

39/2022] – (Minister for Education) – Second Reading.

Housing and Development (Amendment) Bill [Bill No.


33/2022] – (Minister for National Development) – Second Reading.

[For amendment on the Bill, see Supplement No.

16 dated 10 January 2023.]

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Second Minister for Finance: SUBSCRIPTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: That this Parliament, in accordance with Section 4(3) of the International Development Association Act 2002, resolves that an additional subscription of Singapore to the International Development Association, of a sum not exceeding Seventy Million United States dollars (US$ 70,000,000), be authorised for the purpose of the Twentieth Replenishment of the International Development Association.
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Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Prime Minister (a) whether he has appointed a committee to carry out the five-yearly review of political salaries, given that the last committee was appointed in 2017; (b) if so, what are the terms of reference given to the committee and when can the public expect the report from the committee; and (c) if not, when is this committee expected to be appointed and what are its expected terms of reference.
Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Prime Minister (a) what are the fixed and variable non-pensionable pay components, allowances, and benefits accorded to Supreme Court Judges under the Judges' Remuneration Act 1994; (b) what are the rates at which the retirement and death gratuities are accrued for these judges; and (c) whether the remuneration of judges is benchmarked against that of political office holders.

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Ms Sylvia Lim: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what is the average number of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) received annually by the Commercial Affairs Department for the past three years; and (b) what percentage of these STRs resulted in prosecutions for money-laundering and terrorism-financing offences.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Law in each of the past five years, what proportion of Government land sales revenue is attributable to (i) commercial (including hotel and white sites) (ii) industrial (iii) private residential and (iv) public residential (HDB), respectively.
Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry based on the definition of "sustainable products" in the Sustainable Jurong Island report, what is the expected change in output of non-sustainable products in Jurong Island from 2019 levels (i) by 2030 and (ii) by 2051.
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Transport what is the current proportion of households that own two or more cars and which are (i) HDB households (ii) condominium households and (iii) landed property households respectively.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Transport in light of successful trials on low-noise road surfacing pavement mixes, whether there are any plans to utilise the technology for the stretch of road along Seletar Expressway that intersects the estates of Sengkang and Punggol.
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for Transport with the increase of vehicle-related fees from 19 December 2022 (a) for each of the 25 raised fees, what are the respective dollar amount and percentage increases; and (b) what is the expected annual revenue increase arising from each fee increment.
Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in view of the upcoming Lunar New Year festive period (a) whether the prices of popular food items, such as seafood and poultry, are expected to rise significantly; and (b) whether more public education will be done to encourage consumers to consider purchasing food items imported from non-traditional source countries.

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Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) what are the results of the transparent recycling bin trials that were launched in Bukit Batok, Bedok, and Upper Changi; (b) whether the Ministry has plans to expand this scheme to other parts of Singapore; and (c) what other innovations and interventions have been explored to decrease the proportion of contaminated and non-recyclable items collected and increase the rate of proper recycling.

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10 JANUARY 2023 10 Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment what responsibilities and precautions are required of funeral services providers so as to (i) avoid power trips and/or short circuits especially when electricity supplies at common areas are being used and (ii) ensure electrical safety, including the safety of passers-by, when LED wreaths are deployed, particularly in situations where the LED wreath is exposed to the elements including rainfall and water.
Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment whether there is any requirement for LED wreaths' electrical components to be water-resistant or waterproof, when the LED wreath may be deployed at a location where it may be exposed to rainfall.
Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan: To ask the Minister for Education (a) how many appeals were received after the 2022 PSLE results were released for the Mathematics paper; and (b) how many were successful in their appeal and had their scores adjusted to a better grade.
Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim: To ask the Minister for Education (a) what is the percentage of the Master’s degree programmes at all six Autonomous Universities in Singapore that are currently subsidised by the Ministry; (b) what is the target year in which all such programmes are to be fully self- funded; and (c) whether there is any such programmes that have ceased for lack of funding and Government subsidies.
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development for each year from 2018 to 2021, of the new admissions to places of safety and juvenile homes (a) what percentage of these children live in public rental flats; and (b) whether the Ministry intends to collect this data if such data is unavailable.
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development in each of the past five years (a) what is the number of child protection investigations made by the Child Protective Services; and (b) how many and what percentage of the investigations are the children or young persons determined to have been abused or neglected by their parents or caregivers.
Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Health whether the Ministry will consider capturing information pertaining to the prevalence of vaping as well as other forms of e-cigarettes in future rounds of the National Population Health Survey.
Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for Health (a) how has the ubiquity of online shopping websites and platforms affected the Ministry’s or the Health Sciences Authority (HSA)’s preventative regulation of health products and cosmetic products; (b) what are the lessons learnt from the recent episode where a four-year-old child was hospitalised after using a skin cream; and (c) how can Singapore residents be better enabled to discern HSA-approved products from non-approved products.

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10 JANUARY 2023 11 Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Health (a) why do hospitals located in peripheral residential towns such as Changi General Hospital, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Sengkang General Hospital and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital have longer inpatient admission waiting times at their emergency departments (EDs) when compared to hospitals located in the central part of Singapore; and (b) what can the Ministry do to better ease the load distribution of ED cases across all public hospitals in Singapore.
Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Health in each of the last five years, how many patients in the restructured hospitals have had their procedures either (i) postponed or (ii) cancelled, due to an inability to put up the requisite deposit before the scheduled procedure or treatment was meant to take place, as broken down into residency status.
Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim: To ask the Minister for Health (a) what is the current status of the stockpile for medical supplies such as oxygenators and pulse oximeters; and (b) whether Singapore has sufficient buffer to meet any increase in demand in the event of an increase in COVID-19 infections.
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Health (a) how many children in Singapore are diagnosed with Achondroplasia in the past 10 years; (b) what are the current prospects of funding the treatment of Achondroplasia under the Rare Disease Fund; and (c) whether the Ministry will engage the manufacturers of Voxzogo to achieve more affordable access to the drug.
Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for National Development whether the Ministry will implement a rule requiring all private residential property developers in condominium developments that will allow their own residents to hold functions including private wakes, without affecting or causing inconveniences to other residents in the estate.
incorporate a multi-purpose hall to Mr Don Wee: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) how many appeals have been made for the waiver of the 15-month wait-out period where the private property owners had commenced divorce proceedings prior to the announcement of the wait-out period in September 2022, with the intention to purchase a resale HDB flat thereafter; (b) how many of these appeals have been successful; and (c) what are the guidelines used by the Ministry to consider these appeals.
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for National Development whether the Ministry has any plans to increase its grant to Town Councils to cope with higher costs, including for electricity and other Town Council contracts.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for National Development since the introduction of Build-To-Order (BTO) flats with shorter waiting times in 2018 (a) what is (i) the number of such flats that are launched in each year and (ii) the proportion of such flats versus the total number of BTO flats launched in each year; and (b) what is the expected proportion of shorter waiting time for BTO flats as a percentage of launches from 2023 to 2025.
Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) in each of the past five years, how many (i) short-lease 2- room Flexi flats and (ii) Community Care Apartments has HDB launched for sale; (b) how many persons have applied for these flats; (c) how many persons are unsuccessful; (d) what are the main reasons for the unsuccessful applications; and (e) of those who are unsuccessful, how many were already living in 4-room or larger HDB flats.
Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for National Development for each of the last 10 years, what percentage of private residential property transactions are attributed to (i) Singapore citizens (ii) permanent residents (iii) foreigners (iv) companies that are majority-owned by Singaporeans and (v) companies that are majority-owned by non-Singaporeans.

Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for National Development what is the current number of HDB flats that have not been resold by their first owner.
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for National Development for each year over the last 10 years and for expected future HDB BTO launches (a) what is the proportion of greenfield and brownfield land sites for public housing development; (b) what is the number of greenfield and brownfield land sites; and (c) what is the number of flats in each site respectively.
Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for National Development in each of the last 10 years, how many HDB residential lessees have had their approvals to sublet the entire property rescinded due to nuisance caused by their tenants.
Dr Lim Wee Kiak: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) what percentage of ActiveSG credits has been left unused as of 31 December 2022; and (b) whether the Ministry will extend the expiry date of the unused ActiveSG credits considering that many ActiveSG programmes have been cancelled and facilities closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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10 JANUARY 2023 13 Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Manpower in each of the last 10 years (a) how many Training Employment Passes (TEPs) and Training Work Permits (TWPs) have been issued; (b) what is the average duration of TEPs and TWPs respectively; (c) how many extensions have been granted; (d) how many TEPs and TWPs have been converted to other work passes upon their expiry; and (e) what are the average and median salaries of TEP and TWP holders.

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Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan: To ask the Minister for Manpower whether employers or companies other than those regulated by MAS can mandate, collect or demand from job applicants and employees their credit bureau rating instead of doing their own searches.

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80 10 JANUARY 2023 14 2023 S. L. 762 PAPERS PRESENTED Date Presented Income Tax (Savings Provisions — Assignment of functions under Section 3A) Rules 2022 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 763 Income Tax (Qualifying Mediation and Qualifying Mediator) (Amendment) Rules 2022 S. L. 764 Goods (Amendment No.
4) Regulations 2022 and Services Tax (General) ..... 06 January 2023 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 765 Goods and Services Tax (Composition of Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 766 Customs (Duties) (Amendment No.

3) Order 2022 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 767 Building Control Productivity) Regulations 2022 (Buildability (Amendment No.
and 4) ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 768 (Public Environmental Public Health Cleansing) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 769 Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No.

5) Rules 2022 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 770 Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) (Amendment) Rules 2022 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 771 Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No.
7) Rules 2022 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 772 Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) (Amendment) Rules 2022 ..... 06 January 2023 S. L. 773 Legal Profession (Admission) (Amendment No.

2) Rules 2022 ..... 06 January 2023