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[h=2]Parliamentary Questions by WP MPs - 15 October 2012 Sitting[/h]
by The Workers' Party on Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 1:44pm ·
These are the questions that WP Parliamentarians have filed for the upcoming Parliament sitting on 15 October 2012.
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER*
*14. Mr Yee Jenn Jong:To ask the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources if the Ministry will consider publishing the identity of errant companies which it is aware of that have been found to be conducting illegal burning activities in neighbouring ASEAN countries; and taking action against any of the companies identified if the company or its subsidiaries are registered, listed or operating in Singapore and, if so, by what legal means.
*20. Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song:To ask the Minister for Transport what are the specific causes of the property damage suffered by properties in Watten Estate as a result of the Downtown MRT Line construction works; what are the steps that could have been taken to prevent this damage from occurring in the first place; and what is the expected cost of recovering from this situation including the rectification cost of the affected properties.
*21. Mr Png Eng Huat:To ask the Minister for Transport what additional steps are taken to assess the suitability of the surrounding areas for the construction of underground MRT lines in the wake of the Watten Estate incident; what information and assistance will be given to residents living along MRT construction lines to assuage their concerns about underground tunnelling given that the new Thomson line will be entirely underground.
*42. Mr Pritam Singh:To ask the Prime Minister in light of our current population of 5.31 million and his view that Singapore can accommodate 6 million people in the future how many of the 690,000 additional arrivals are envisaged to comprise new citizens, permanent residents and non-residents respectively; whether the Government has made any social assessment of the impact of these additional arrivals; and what is the projected impact of these new arrivals on prices of public and private houses.
*43. Mr Png Eng Huat:To ask the Prime Minister whether the existing infrastructures, such as those for public transport, healthcare and housing, discounting those that are under construction, are adequately designed to support the current population of 5.31 million; what is the target population density in 5, 10 and 15 years' time; and whether the Government has conducted a survey on the quality of life vis-à-vis the increase in population density.
*53. Mr Pritam Singh:To ask the Minister for National Development whether the ethnic limit of 25% for the Malay ethnic group at the block level in all HDB rental flats has been reached and, if so, when; whether HDB has plans to increase this limit for the Malay ethnic group at the block level; and whether HDB will consider allocating rental flats on a strict needs basis only to avoid rejection or delay as a result of the applicants' preference of rental zone.
*54. Ms Sylvia Lim:To ask the Minister for National Development what due diligence does the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) exercise before granting approval for condominium developers to use tempered glass in panels used as safety barriers at balconies despite the associated risk of spontaneous breakage; what led the BCA to require the use of laminated glass instead in such panels with effect from July 2011; and what is BCA's recommendation to resolve the safety issues for condominium developments which were constructed before application of the July 2011 ruling.
*60. Mr Yee Jenn Jong:To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry with regard to EDB's Global Schoolhouse initiative how far has the 2015 target of Singapore having 150,000 full-fee paying international students and 100,000 international corporate executives on training here been met; what is the distribution of these full-fee paying international students between pre-tertiary and tertiary institutions and between private and public institutions; whether the dwindling number of private schools has affected the figures; how far has the target of increasing the education sector's contribution to GDP to 5% been met; and how many jobs have been created by the initiative.
*68. Mr Yee Jenn Jong:To ask the Minister for Education in each of the past three years, what is the number of foreign students who have applied to study in our autonomous universities; whether there are plans to reduce the number of scholarships and tuition grants given to foreign students in our autonomous universities; and what impact will a reduction in such scholarships and tuition grants have on the universities' ranking and number of students they will attract.
*71. Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song:To ask the Minister for National Development whether HDB will consider building flats ahead of demand so that first-time buyers, especially young couples, can obtain the keys to their new flats earlier than what is possible under the current Build-to-Order system whereby a construction tender is called only when about 70% of the units are booked.
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
1. Mr Pritam Singh:To ask the Prime Minister with reference to NPTD's Issues Paper "Our Population, Our Future" what is the optimum old-age support ratio that is required to keep the Singapore economy vibrant up to 2030; and how many additional non-residents, PRs and/or Singaporeans are projected to be required for a reasonably sustainable old-age support ratio and what is the basis of this calculation.
2. Mr Pritam Singh:To ask the Prime Minister what scenarios has NPTD deliberated upon to address the prospect of new immigrants unwittingly creating an even larger elderly population for future generations of Singaporeans to look after in light of trends towards marriage and singlehood in developed countries and the data from Census 2010 which show a downward trend in the average number of children born to ever-married female PRs between 2000 and 2010.
3. Mr Pritam Singh:To ask the Prime Minister from 2004 to 2012 how many foreigners secured permanent residence in Singapore under the Financial Investor Scheme; which non-Asian and Asian countries did they originate from; and how many applications were rejected.
5. Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap:To ask the Prime Minister what is the annual number of Singapore permanent residents who gave up their permanent residency status between 2006 and 2011; and what are the common reasons cited.
6. Mr Chen Show Mao:To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs from January to September 2012 what is the number of reports of unlicensed moneylending and harrassment activities; and what is the number of persons arrested in connection with such activities.
7. Mr Chen Show Mao:To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs in each of the years from 2009 to 2011 and from January to September 2012 what is the number of persons arrested in connection with unlicensed moneylending, harrassment activities or assisting in unlicensed moneylending who are debtors or persons below the age of 21; and what percentage of the total number of persons so arrested did such numbers represent in the respective periods.
15. Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap:To ask the Minister for Defence in each of the years from 2006 to 2011 what is the number of National Service defaulters; and of these, how many are resident Singaporeans overseas Singaporeans and permanent residents.
16. Mr Chen Show Mao:To ask the Minister for Law what is the number of licensed moneylenders as at 30 September 2012 and 31 December 2011 respectively.
17. Mr Chen Show Mao:To ask the Minister for Law in each of the years from 2009 to 2011 and from January to September 2012 what is the number of fines imposed on licensed moneylenders as a result of enforcement actions; and what is the average amount of such fines for the respective periods.
27. Mr Yee Jenn Jong:To ask the Minister for Education over the past three years what is the failure rate at Year One promotion examinations in our junior colleges (JCs); and of the two JCs with the highest failure rate at Year One promotion examinations what are their failure rates and what percentage of their Year One students are retained or quit JC after failing the exams.
28. Mr Yee Jenn Jong:To ask the Minister for Education in each year over the past three years how many students taking the GCE 'A' Level and International Baccalaurate progress into our autonomous universities; other universities in Singapore; and universities overseas.
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