Vaccination-Differentiated Safe Management Measures

Adjournment Motion on 10 Jan 2022 Mr Speaker, My family and I are fully vaccinated and not affected by the vaccination differentiated safe management measures or VDS. However, I watch with concern the latest VDS measures. With effect from 15 January, the unvaccinated will not be allowed to go back to their workplace even if […]

Exchange on Securing Singaporeans’ Jobs and Livelihoods, and Foreign Talent Policy

Debate on Motions of Securing Singaporeans’ Jobs and Livelihoods, and Foreign Talent Policy Mr Speaker: Ms Hazel Poa. Ms Hazel Poa: Firstly, the charts that have been displayed on the screen over at our location, we cannot see it, any of it. So, can I request for it to be made available to us in […]

Speech at Motion of Securing Singaporeans’ Jobs and Livelihoods, and Foreign Talent Policy

Ms Hazel Poa (Non-Constituency Member): Mr Speaker, Sir, of all the FTAs that we have signed with other countries, the Singapore-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, or CECA, has attracted the most attention for two reasons. Firstly, it contains a clause in article 9.5 granting entry to persons in 127 professions, which is not found in the […]

Inclusion of LBTQ Women in Upcoming Government White Paper and Steps to Ensure They Are Protected from Discrimination, Hate Speech and Incitement of Violence

Hazel Asks the Social and Family Development Minister

Ms Hazel Poa asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) whether the upcoming Government White Paper arising out of the Conversations on Singapore Women’s Development will include LBTQ women; and (b) if so, whether there will be any steps taken to ensure that such women are protected from discrimination, hate speech and incitement of violence […]