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Budget 2021: S$900 million Household Support Package includes S$200 cash pay outs and S$100 hawker vouchers

As part of the new Household Support Package, all eligible citizens will…

18,600 applications for dependents to enter S’pore from April 2020 to January 2021, 97% approved

About 18,600 Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs) have applied for their foreigner…
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SEA lawmakers call on Malaysia’s Parliament to be allowed to sit during state of emergency

Southeast Asian lawmakers have urged the Malaysian King, the Speaker of the…
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Parliamentary questions for 16 February 2021

The Singapore Parliament will sit at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, 16 February…

Netizens question why child molestation, other sexual offences are not considered violent crimes by Law Minister K Shanmugam

Following Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam’s remarks regarding the Workers’…

Question on Yellow Ribbon Project aimed at understanding nuances in policy on ex-offenders of non-violent crimes: WP MP Jamus Lim

A “one-sentence question” on expanding the scope of the Yellow Ribbon Project…

K Shanmugam skews Jamus Lim’s question on expunging records of non-violent crimes when the MP has yet to respond

In the Parliamentary sittings on 2 Feb, Workers’ Party (WP) member of…

WP’s Jamus Lim explains why he supports increasing carbon taxes via “raise and rebate”

The Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sengkang GRC Jamus…

More Govt incentives should be provided to encourage broad engagement in environmental problem-solving: WP MP Gerald Giam

More Government incentives should be put in place to encourage broad engagement…

No plans to roll out national programme for façade repairs of old HDB blocks, says Minister Faishal Ibrahim

There are currently no plans for the Government to roll out a…