On 12 Sep 2022, Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng gave a Ministerial Statement explaining the need for ONE pass. I had filed a parliamentary question to ask why the spouses of ONE pass holders need only a letter of consent (LOC) to work in Singapore, without having to meet the criteria we have put […]
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Aug
Aug
Celebrating the launch of The Palm Newsletter with residents in West Coast yesterday! It was heartening to see the warm response on the ground and I can’t wait to share more about our upcoming activities in the coming weeks!
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Jul
Jul
Yesterday’s D2D session, this time at Telok Blangah! Thank you to all volunteers who spend your weekends reaching out to residents – your hard work and dedication don’t go unnoticed!
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Jun
Jun
We work hard and we play hard! After many weekends of door to door activities, we finally got a chance to have a small BBQ at West Coast Park with the rest of the Progress Singapore Party members. Thanks to the organizing committee for arranging a much needed bonding time! It was good to see […]
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Jun
Jun
Together with Progress Singapore Party‘s Secretary General Francis Yuen Kin Pheng and my fellow NCMP Leong Mun Wai 梁文辉 we visited Nanyang Constituency last weekend. Definitely appreciated the warm welcome from residents and it was great to be invited into their homes to meet their family and pets!
Progress Singapore Party welcomes the move to introduce workplace fairness legislation to offer protection against discrimination and harassment. In my speech yesterday, I cover three main points: 1) It is important to have equal maternity and paternity leave by default with flexibility for couples to reallocate between themselves and give incentives to employers to provide […]
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Mar
Mar
I was interviewed by Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报 recently over a feature story for International Women’s Day. I was asked for my views on the proposal for stay-at-home spouse to be given part of the working spouse’s CPF. With rising divorce rates over time, there is now a greater risk of spouses who made the decision […]
MOF Speech I echo the call by WP to exempt basic essentials from GST. To prevent the rich from also benefitting from such exemptions, we can set a price threshold. NTUC Fairprice housebrand rice sells for $1.40 per kg. We can therefore exempt rice that sells for under $2 per kg from GST. This way […]
I was looking forward to clarification from MOF during COS but unfortunately none of my questions were answered. What particularly surprised me was when Minister Indranee said that she did not have the figures on how much the effective corporate income tax rate must be raised by to raise the same revenue as a 2% […]
Mr Speaker, Sir, There are many measures announced in this year’s Budget Statement that we welcome. We welcome the further tightening of foreign manpower, the increased focus on redistribution through the introduction of higher income tax rates at the top tiers and higher taxes on property and luxury cars. We think that more can be […]