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Committee of Supply 2024: Restorative Justice
06/03/2024

Mr Chairman, Restorative justice is a process of healing from the harm caused by another person’s actions. This process brings together everyone who were affected to dialogue, problem solve and rebuild their lives and relationships. [...]

Committee of Supply 2024: Housing and TFR
05/03/2024

Mr Chairman, The BTO scheme was introduced in 2001 after the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 resulted in HDB being left with a large stock of unsold flats. One major downside of the BTO scheme [...]

Committee of Supply 2024: Egg Freezing
05/03/2024

Mr Chairman, Last July, the Government amended the law to allow women between 21 and 37 years old to undergo elective egg freezing. The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) supports this as it provides women with [...]

Committee of Supply 2024: Through-Train Pilot
01/03/2024

Mr Chairman, Last year, I urged MOE to consider implementing a pilot project of a 10-year through-train programme, giving students an option to bypass the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). I also mentioned the work [...]

Speech in Support of Motion on Public Finances
07/02/2024

Mr Speaker, PSP has raised this motion today because we believe that it is important for Singaporeans to have a national conversation about our Budget and reserve accumulation policies. While we agree that there are [...]

Speech on Mental Health Motion
06/02/2024

Mr Speaker Sir, Mental health issues are not only a personal struggle; it is also a challenge to the whole society that demands our collective attention and concerted efforts. It is heartening that the Government [...]

Building an Inclusive and Safe Digital Society
10/01/2024

Mr Speaker Sir, I rise to speak in support of the motion. PSP agrees that a whole-of-nation approach to build an inclusive and safe digital society is very much needed. As society digitalised over the [...]

Motion to Suspend Minister Iswaran
19/09/2023

Mr. Speaker Sir, I beg to move, “That this House suspends Mr S Iswaran from the service of Parliament for the remainder of the current session of the 14th Parliament.” As the House has passed [...]

Closing Speech on the Motion to Suspend Mr S Iswaran from the Service of Parliament
19/09/2023

Mr Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank all who have participated in this debate. All of us share a common desire to maintain high standards of conduct in this House and to treat Members [...]

Abolish GRC Part 2
05/07/2023

Mr Dy Speaker Sir, I would like to thank all members who participated in this debate. After all that has been said, I think it is quite clear that there is no disagreement on the [...]

Abolish GRC
05/07/2023

Sir/Madam, I beg to move, “That this House calls for the abolition of Group Representation Constituencies.” The GRC system was introduced in 1988 when the Parliamentary Elections Act and the Constitution were amended to provide [...]

Debate on Singapore’s COVID-19 Response
20/03/2023

Mr Speaker Sir, First and foremost, I wish to express my greatest appreciation to all the healthcare and other frontline workers whose hard work enabled our lives to continue throughout the pandemic. Without them, we [...]

Committee of Supply 2023: CPF Contributions
01/03/2023

I have several questions pertaining to CPF contributions for platform workers. It has been announced that transitional assistance will be provided to platform workers who earn below $2,500 to help them cope with the new [...]

Committee of Supply 2023: Diversity in Schools and Student-Initiated Learning
28/02/2023

Mr Chairman, First of all, I declare that I run a company operating education centres and a private school. Allow me to quote extracts from Everychild.sg’s White Paper developed by Singaporean parents: “… the cultural [...]

Committee of Supply 2023: Anti-Corruption and Fertility Measures
24/02/2023

Mr Chairman, Two weeks ago, on 6 February 2023, Minister Indranee answered Parliamentary Questions on the decision not to prosecute the Keppel & Offshore Marine (KOM) executives involved in a corruption case. She said that [...]

Speech for the Repeal of 377A
28/11/2022

Mr Speaker, Sir, The issue of whether 377A should be repealed has been a difficult one for Singapore. When I last spoke in Parliament on this issue at the query of Minister Shanmugam, I said [...]

Healthier SG White Paper
04/10/2022

Mdm Deputy Speaker, I welcome the plans outlined in the White Paper to bring about healthier Singaporeans. I have a number of questions on the funding model and manpower requirements, which I hope the Minister [...]

Speech for Income Tax (Amendment) Bill
03/10/2022

Mr Speaker, The Bill permits the Comptroller to disclose information with consent to public offices and private individuals engaged by the Government to assist public officers. These private individuals have to execute a declaration of [...]

Workplace fairness legislation to offer protection against discrimination and harassment
05/04/2022

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 [...]

Responses to Budget 2022
08/03/2022

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 [...]

Speech on Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill
11/05/2021

Ms Hazel Poa (Non-Constituency Member): Mr Speaker, Sir, section 126(1) of the Road Traffic Act prevents goods vehicles from being used to transport passengers, but subsection (a) allows an exception for workers to be carried on [...]

Budget 2021: Expand MediSave Usage & Portable Health Insurance
05/03/2021

Expand MediSave Usage Ms Hazel Poa (Non-Constituency Member): Mr Chairman, MediSave limits are a major concern for the elderly and it is the issue I have been asked most frequently to raise. Many feel that the [...]

Budget 2021: Preparing for Future Economy
02/03/2021

Mr Chairman, the Budget Statement described extensive plans for an innovation-driven economy. To thrive in an innovation-driven economy requires more than the acquisition of technical skills and scientific or professional knowledge, but also a mindset that [...]

Budget 2021: Management of Foreign Workforce
02/03/2021

Ms Hazel Poa (Non-Constituency Member): Mr Chairman, it was disappointing to note that despite the pandemic exposing our vulnerabilities arising from our over-reliance on foreign labour, the Budget did not present new measures to fundamentally move [...]

Budget 2021: Recognising Our Men and Women in the SAF
01/03/2021

Ms Hazel Poa (Non-Constituency Member): Mr Chairman, recently, the Straits Times reported on the findings of the State Coroner regarding the death of National Serviceman Dave Lee due to heatstroke, which was partially caused by delayed [...]

Making children more resilient in adulthood and better able to handle any crisis
14/10/2020

Speech delivered at Government’s Strategy to Emerge Stronger From the COVID-19 Pandemic Mr Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to declare that I own an education company as I will be talking about [...]

Debate on President’s Address 2020
02/09/2020

Mr Speaker, Sir, I welcome the President’s message that there will be permanent shifts in our approach towards social safety nets. Progress Singapore Party believes that progress should always be accompanied by compassion and social [...]