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FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE ___________________ FIRST SESSION ___________________ ORDER PAPER TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022 No.

61 10.00 am 1 QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER* *1.
Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) among private hire car drivers and food delivery riders, what are their (i) mean and median employment duration and (ii) numbers according to age group; (b) whether the Ministry tracks the number and percentage of these riders who have moved on to permanent employment in other industries and, if so, what are these numbers in each of the past five years; and (c) whether the Ministry can provide customised career transition programmes for these riders to help them successfully find alternative employment.
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Mr Mohd Fahmi Bin Aliman: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what are the concerns that platform companies and gig workers have raised with respect to the suggestion for platform companies to make mandatory CPF contributions for gig workers; (b) whether a survey or poll has been conducted to determine the proportion of gig workers who support such a suggestion; and (c) if so, what are the survey results.

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Mr Liang Eng Hwa: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the longer-term job outlook for food delivery riders; and (b) whether there is a need to improve the employability and career planning for food delivery riders.

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Ms Yeo Wan Ling: To ask the Minister for Manpower given that many freelancers such as food delivery riders and point-to-point (P2P) drivers do not determine the fees of services, but leave it to their platform partners' discretion, what are some of the safeguards that will be considered to ensure that these companies comply with their obligations should CPF contributions be made mandatory.

No.

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Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Minister for Health (a) what is the result of the investigation into the case involving an expectant mother losing her child after being left unattended for a long time at the emergency department of the National University Hospital (NUH); (b) whether there are any previous similar cases; and (c) what steps will be taken to prevent future recurrence and to address the wider problem of overload situation at hospitals’ emergency departments.

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Ms Joan Pereira: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what safeguards are in place to protect members of the public, particularly children and women, from recalcitrant sex offenders; and (b) whether the Ministry will consider lifelong counselling and monitoring of these offenders.

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*7.

Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) how many CPF members currently have MediSave contributions in arrears with amounts (i) less than $1,000 (ii) between $1,001 and less than $3,000 (iii) between $3,001 and less than $10,000 and (iv) above $10,000, respectively; and (b) for each respective category, how many of them have met the minimum MediSave savings.

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*8.

Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) for those with MediSave contributions in arrears, how many appeals have been received the condition of making up-to-date MediSave to-date contributions so as to receive the various grants given by the Government; (b) what is the success rate of these appeals receiving the waiver; and (c) what are the reasons for the unsuccessful cases.

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to waive *9.

Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether the Government has any policy prohibiting ex-offenders from entering or being employed at key installations such as Jurong Island and Changi Airport; (b) if so, what categories of offences are covered by this policy; (c) what conditions need to be met before the prohibition lapses; and (d) if not, how many ex-offenders have been employed at these key installations over the past five years.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Health in light of the move to living with COVID-19 as an endemic disease (a) what are the medium-term plans for the relaxation of vaccination-differentiated measures; and (b) whether COVID-19 positive status will be treated differently from other endemic diseases, such as influenza or pneumonia.

No.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Health (a) to what extent is TraceTogether data still utilised for contact tracing and COVID- 19 management purposes for establishments with a high volume of irregular visitors, such as malls and public attractions; and (b) whether there is any update on the timeline and milestones for the abolition of establishment-entry TraceTogether protocols, given the commencement of streamlined COVID-19 measures.

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Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Health whether the Government to maintain Vaccination-Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS) even after the borders are opened further following the scrapping of the Vaccinated Travel Lanes.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the minimum household income required to employ a migrant domestic worker (MDW); (b) what is the rationale for not disclosing such income criteria; and (c) what is the number and percentage of annual MDW applications over the last five years that are rejected based on household income criteria.

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*14.

Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for Manpower in respect of senior citizens seeking to employ a migrant domestic worker (MDW) but who do not have an earned income, whether the sponsorship scheme can be expanded to allow for potential employers to set aside the full costs of hiring a MDW over the contract period in an escrow account to demonstrate financial means.

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Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim: To ask the Minister for National Development of the HDB blocks that have undergone the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) (a) how many blocks are fitted with machine-room-less elevators and bubble lifts to provide direct lift access to such flats; and (b) what is the average cost for the adoption of such innovative technical solutions computed on the basis of per directly-benefitting unit.

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Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim: To ask the Minister for National Development for units in the 150 HDB blocks that do not have direct lift access and are currently unable to benefit from the Lift Upgrading Programmme (LUP) due to technical or costs reasons, whether HDB will consider buying back such flats from eligible flat owners who face genuine difficulties in selling their flats due to the lack of direct lift access, similar to the buyback assistance scheme for flat owners constrained by the Ethnic Integration Policy.
No.

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Mr Abdul Samad: To ask the Minister for Manpower whether he can provide an update on (i) the number of companies that successfully applied for the Capability Transfer Programme since it was first introduced and (ii) its assessment of the programme's effectiveness in terms of helping companies, associations and professional bodies to develop and acquire new capabilities for their Singaporean workforce.

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Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what studies have been done on the take-up rate of the Capability Transfer Programme (CTP) by the different sectors; (b) how does the Government measures the CTP's success in achieving foreign-to-local skills transfer; and (c) whether the Government has considered imposing conditions on the funding of CTP, such as requiring the applicant company to meet targets for the reduction of foreign labour after a specified period of time.

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Mr Desmond Choo: To ask the Prime Minister as "Buy Now Pay Later" (BNPL) schemes have rapidly gained traction in the past year (a) what is the total value of BNPL transactions in Singapore in 2021; (b) whether there are plans for BNPL companies and schemes to be regulated; and (c) whether BNPL schemes have disproportionately affected younger consumers in being over leveraged.

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Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether there has been an uptick of unlicensed moneylending cases being reported since October 2021 when Singapore's inflation rate started increasing; and (b) what proactive steps have been identified to ensure that unlicensed moneylenders do not take advantage of the inflationary pressures to exploit vulnerable people.

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Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) how many Singaporean and permanent resident (PR) households currently have electricity and water bills in arrears respectively; (b) how many of these cases have measures taken to regulate their use of water; and (c) whether the existing practice to offer Pay-as-You-Use (PAYU) scheme can be expanded to cover the use of both electricity and water.

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Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) whether the Ministry has conducted (i) updated studies of social capital in Singapore especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and (ii) studies on how the pandemic has affected the social capital situation, especially for families, youths and children starting with less; and (b) what is being done to strengthen social capital, access to networks and network diversity in Singapore.

No.

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Ms Yeo Wan Ling: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment whether the Ministry has measured the effectiveness of (i) the National Dengue Prevention Campaign and (ii) the frequency of enforcement agent checks in HDB corridors, drains and other common estate areas for mosquito breeding.

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Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Manpower in light of findings that have shown a correlation between prolonged telecommuting work arrangements and its impact on workers’ health such as dry eye disease and increased risk of musculoskeletal disorders from poor work environment at home (a) whether the Ministry will study if such health issues are occurring more frequently among our local workforce; and (b) whether the Work Injury Compensation Act should then be amended to include these new health issues as occupational diseases.
*25.

Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) how much of Singapore’s total carbon emissions are attributable to industries situated in Jurong Island; and (b) what are the targets for the abatement of emissions from these industries.

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Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Health in light of the approval of Novavax's Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine in Singapore for the national vaccination programme (a) whether there are any plans to allow for voluntary selection of Nuvaxovid as a vaccine, instead of mRNA vaccines; and (b) whether there are any plans to allow for voluntary selection of Nuvaxovid for those aged 12 to 17 years old, given the positive results of trials for this age group and the severe restrictions still in place for selection of Sinovac-CoronaVac.
*27.
Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the sectoral breakdown of the number of jobseekers who have been successfully hired through the Professional Conversion Programmes (PCPs) in 2019, 2020 and 2021; (b) how successful have the PCPs been in directing Singaporean workers away from sunset industries and into growing industries; and (c) how can the PCP initiative be further enhanced so as to direct labour efficiently amidst rapid industry disruptions and unforeseen shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Health (a) how many cases of COVID-19 reinfections have been detected in Singapore since November 2021; (b) whether there are any significant differences in healthcare outcomes for reinfected patients in Singapore; (c) what proportion of COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU are reinfected patients; and (d) what is the demographic breakdown of COVID-19 reinfection cases.

No.

61 5 APRIL 2022 6 *29.


Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) how many people have been caught with a forged Singapore identity card (IC) or a forged Singapore passport in the past three years; (b) whether there is a rising trend of such cases; and (c) how does the Ministry intend to tackle the rise in forged ICs and passports which are being offered on anonymous messaging applications such as Telegram.

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*30.

Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Transport given the safety concerns of families with young children or elderly persons, what measures are in place to minimise the number of heavy vehicles that are using roads located within HDB neighbourhoods to transit through, where the vehicle origin and destination are not within the HDB town itself.

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*31.

Mr Abdul Samad: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the number of organisations that are successful in applying for the Senior Worker Early Adopter Grant (SW EAG) and the Part-time Re-employment Grant (PTRG) since they were introduced; and (b) whether there is any particular trend, in terms of types of industry and occupation, where the number of successful applicants of these grants is higher than the national average.

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*32.

Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) over the past 10 years, how many cases of injury and death by electrocution have taken place in HDB flats; (b) what proportion of these incidents has involved an electrical circuit that has been protected and unprotected by the residual current circuit breaker (RCCB) respectively; (c) how many HDB flats currently do not have RCCB protection covering the entire unit; and (d) what is being done to improve electrical safety for residents.
*33.

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Health for each year in the past five years, what are the mean and median overtime hours worked per month per nurse and per doctor respectively.

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Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) how many HDB flats are fitted with residual current circuit breaker (RCCB) that do not protect the whole unit; and (b) whether these flats will be upgraded to provide circuit breaker protection for the whole unit.

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*35.

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development what additional steps has the Ministry taken to help social workers following the report that nearly six in 10 frontline social workers are affected by anxiety at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

No.

61 5 APRIL 2022 7 *36.


Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for Education (a) whether Adult Educators (AEs) who conduct courses and other services for the institutions in our public education system are engaged on a standard services contract; (b) if not, how does the Ministry maintain oversight on the contractual terms that are agreed with AEs; and (c) whether any complaints or feedback have been received from AEs about the contractual terms that are imposed on them.

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*37.

Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment following the Government's review of its climate change targets after the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), whether the Government will consider how it can enhance its public education efforts on the urgency of Singapore’s climate change imperatives and goals so that more Singaporeans will have a better understanding and be persuaded to play their part in different ways.

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*38.

Mr Desmond Choo: To ask the Minister for Education (a) what is the time taken from the start of the school year before a primary one student receives his or her student concession card; and (b) whether the Ministry can shorten the time taken especially for lower income students to lighten the financial burden on their families.

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*39.

Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Transport in view of COE premiums reaching near record high (a) what is the Government doing to mitigate the increase in rental and transport costs for those who drive or travel by private-hire cars; (b) under what circumstances will Government intervention be warranted; (c) what intervention measures are being planned; and (d) whether the Ministry plans to review the COE bidding system to reduce speculative bidding.

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Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry conducts service planning to determine the number of clinics that offer Swab and Send Home (SASH) service for each residential area; (b) whether the ratio is different for estates with a high concentration of senior residents and low-income residents and, if so, how is the ratio different; and (c) what is the Ministry’s approach to encourage higher SASH sign-up rates by clinics in areas that are projected to require more SASH utilisation.
*41.

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) whether the Ministry has studied how floorboards of commercial lorries used to ferry workers can be strengthened for seat belts to be effective in the event of an accident similar to what is done for school buses; (b) so, what are the findings and whether such findings can be made public; and (c) if such a study has not been conducted, whether the Ministry will conduct such a study.

No.

61 5 APRIL 2022 8 *42.


Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) whether the Ministry can provide an update on the Call-for-Collaboration (CFC) for the Pilot Deployment of Autonomous Buses and Shuttles in Singapore that was jointly launched by LTA and EDB, in which the submission of CFC proposal had closed on 31 July 2019; and (b) when will the pilot deployment of autonomous buses and on-demand shuttles be implemented in Punggol, Tengah and the Jurong Innovation District.

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Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Manpower what are the safeguards being put in place under the Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS) to ensure that potential employment pass applicants are not abusing the system by circumventing the minimum requirements.

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*44.

Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Prime Minister what measures are being taken to address any concerns about diversity in terms of gender, ethnicities and background in the top levels of the Civil Service, particularly in relation to Permanent Secretaries.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for National Development whether the Government will consider increasing the average size of HDB flats across flat types in view of changing societal trends and work norms.

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Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for National Development whether the Ministry can provide an update of its review of the framework guiding when and how environmental impact assessments should be done ahead of development works.

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Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has found any evidence of anti-competitive behaviour among fuel retailers to raise prices in the past two months; (b) what actions will the Government take against fuel retailers found to have engaged in anti- competitive behaviour; and (c) whether the Government has considered tapping on its petroleum reserves to ease the fuel supply crunch triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and moderate pump prices.
*48.
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether the Committee Against Profiteering will address concerns that businesses could use reasons, other than the rise in GST, as a pretext to make unjustified price increases on essential products and services; (b) whether the Committee will publish a list of essential products and services that fall under its ambit; and (c) what actions are the Committee or the Government empowered to take against businesses engaged in profiteering.
No.

61 5 APRIL 2022 9 *49.

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether Singapore has petroleum reserves; (b) if so, how long will our petroleum reserves last in the event of a supply cut; (c) what are the considerations for tapping on these petroleum reserves; and (d) whether the Government will consider tapping on its petroleum reserves in the event of an extended fuel supply crunch precipitated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
* 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.
ORDER OF THE DAY AND NOTICE OF MOTION (That marked • is Order of the Day) •1.

Financial Services and Markets Bill [Bill No.

4/2022] – (Prime Minister) Resumption of Debate on Question (4 April 2022) “That the Bill be now read a second time.”.

– (Prime Minister).

2.

Minister for Communications and Information: SINGAPORE WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT: That this House endorses Paper Cmd.
15 of 2022 on “White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development” as our Whole-of-Nation plan of action to collectively advance Singapore women’s development to build a fairer and more inclusive society, where men and women partnering each other as equals can pursue their aspirations freely and to the fullest.

2 4 6 QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER 1.


Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Prime Minister (a) for each year in the past five years, how many suspicious financial transaction reports related to wildlife crime have been filed; (b) how does the Government determine whether there is underreporting of suspicious transactions relating to wildlife crime; and (c) what is the Government doing to ensure that financial institutions keep a lookout and file such reports.

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Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) how many youths have been caught for involvement in scams in the past year; (b) whether there is a rising trend of youths involved in scams; and (c) what is being done to educate and prevent youths from being lured into joining scam syndicates.
Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs what is the reason for making it illegal for Singaporeans to participate in wars of other countries.

Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what proportion of all scam victims in Singapore last year are holders of (i) Long-Term Visit Pass (ii) Work Permit and (iii) S Pass; and (b) what efforts are being made to educate low-income foreign workers on the avenues of recourse available to them if they fall victim to such scams.
Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs with regard to emergency calls made to SPF and SCDF respectively over the last three years, what is the annual number of calls that are from (i) landline phone numbers (ii) landline residential phone numbers and (iii) mobile phone numbers.
Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry what plans does Singapore have to diversify our energy consumption beyond petroleum and other liquids so as to better insulate us against disruptions in the global supply of hydrocarbon resources.
Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether an update on the SolarNova programme can be provided; and (b) how has the installation of the solar photovoltaic (PV) systems contributed to Singapore’s production of electricity and its impact on electricity costs.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry given the recent streamlining of COVID-19 measures (a) what is the status of plans to allow the reopening of family KTVs; and (b) what are the expected safe management measures that will be applied.
Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry whether the Ministry can provide a summary of the financial risks faced by Singaporean companies in Russia today, such as those due to sanctions, decline in the Russian rouble and difficulty in making cross-border payments.

No.

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Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry whether nuclear fission small modular reactors and nuclear fusion reactors which are considered by EMA as potential future sources of green energy will be resilient in the event of war and unlikely to cause a nuclear accident even if subject to military attack.
Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Transport whether the Ministry will consider mandating companies operating heavy vehicles in estates with narrow lanes and few access roads, such as Serangoon Gardens, to deploy traffic wardens or banksmen and to follow strict protocols in traversing the roads so as to prevent the occurrence of massive jams within the estate.
Ms Sylvia Lim: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in view of the continuing re-calibration and relaxation of the COVID-19 control measures, whether the Government will enable families holding funeral wakes to serve catered food and drinks to visitors.
Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) for the past five years, how many complaints have been made against social workers annually; (b) what are the most common complaints made; and (c) of these, how many complaints are made against unaccredited social workers.
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development in view of the current rising costs which may lead to more Singaporeans applying for financial assistance, whether the Government is looking to streamline the means testing procedures for public assistance applications and renewals, including reducing the number of physical documents that need to be submitted and seamlessly pulling the necessary financial information from agencies upon obtaining the necessary permissions from the applicants.
Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans for the development of practical community mental health programmes, based on studies and research from previous national outbreaks of infectious disease such as SARS, to help individuals, particularly children, in coping with the psychological and psychosocial responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Health with the relaxation of the five-visitors-per-day rule, whether there are any plans to allow for special dispensation for immediate family members to visit COVID- 19 patients for their final farewell.

No.

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Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Health in the last three months (a) how many days did each restructured hospital had to open or activate additional spill-over wards beyond the standard isolation wards to contain patients with COVID-19; and (b) how many patients in total were admitted to these spill-over or contingency wards.
Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Health regarding the capacity of restructured hospitals in the last three months (a) for how many days did the emergency departments of each restructured hospital have to close or divert patients away due to its capacity being reached; (b) which hospitals or departments have been particularly badly hit; and (c) how many days have the respective emergency departments of these hospitals seen waiting times of over (i) two hours (ii) four hours and (iii) six hours, before patients could be triaged.
Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to disability assessment under ElderShield (a) which conditions are exempted from repeated assessments; (b) whether the Ministry will consider removing the requirement for reassessments for claimants who have been medically certified with permanent conditions, such as brain damage or end-stage Parkinson’s disease; and (c) whether the Ministry will extend the grace period for such reassessments, in view of the healthcare manpower crunch caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for National Development with regard to HDB commercial lessees (a) what enforcement levers are available for HDB to take against sub-tenants for contravention of tenancy conditions; (b) whether HDB has a scale of penalties to be imposed against lessees, before ultimately terminating a lease agreement; and (c) how does HDB exercise its discretion in calibrating the appropriate penalty to impose in each case of breach of tenancy conditions by a lessee or sub-tenant.
Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) whether HDB takes into account the variety of businesses in the HDB estate when granting approvals for HDB commercial unit leases; and (b) whether more proactive measures can be taken to promote diversity of businesses within HDB commercial premises such as introducing limits to the number of similar services within a certain distance or encouraging existing businesses to expand their offerings.
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) to date, what is the number of (i) proposals received (ii) proposals rejected and (iii) approvals given under the CBD Incentive Scheme and Strategic Development Incentive Scheme respectively; and (b) what are their respective average percentage increases in development intensity.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) what is the rationale for ceasing to build new HDB executive apartments and executive maisonettes; and (b) whether the Government will consider re- introducing such flat types.
Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for National Development what measures have been put in place to prevent delays in the construction of HDB flats as a result of the increase in cost of building materials arising from supply chain disruption and the ongoing geopolitical crisis.
Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth how can safeguards be put in place to ensure that core aspects of Singapore’s culture are not lost in the current COVID-19 pandemic so that the youth continue to enjoy an environment to develop their cultural identity.
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry intends to make it a legal requirement that consent for work on rest day must be given in writing for low-wage workers below a given salary threshold; and (b) if not, why.
Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Manpower with regard to the Workforce Vaccination Measures (a) whether the Ministry has data on the number of employees who are not vaccinated and are terminated due to the inability of redeployment; and (b) if so, what is the number.
Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Manpower from 2005 to 2020, what is the net increase of local Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs) jobs that are not taken up by an applicant who has become a new citizen or obtained permanent resident status during this period.

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