Speech by Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang, MP for Nee Soon GRC, at the Second Reading of the Adoption of Children Bill (Bill No. 12/2022) Introduction Sir, this Bill will update the regime for the adoption of children. It’s a step towards helping children identified for adoption find good homes, breaking cycles of abuse and neglect and deterring undesirable behaviours in the adoption sector. I thank MSF for having held a public consultation and engaged stakeholders in the social and legal sectors in preparation for this Bill.....
Parliamentary Questions filed by Mr Louis Ng on 4 and 5 April 2022 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Finance whether a single unwed mother who gets married to the father of their child and subsequently gets a divorce, will be able to qualify for the Parenthood Tax Rebate and the Working Mother’s Child Relief. Response Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Ministry has data on the mean and median number of lactation rooms in (i) all buildings and business parks with a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 10,000 square metres or more and (ii) Government buildings with a GFA of 10,000 square metres or more;....
Parliamentary Question filed by Ms Carrie Tan on 4 April 2022 Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for Health (a) of the 0.33% disbursed from the ElderCare Fund in 2020 that was spent on home care services for FY 2018 as reported in the Elderly Care Endowment Scheme 2020/2021 Annual Report, what are the services which this spending is used on; (b) what are the reasons for this low quantum; and (c) whether the Government will consider tapping on the ElderCare Fund to support informal caregivers with a stipend,....
Speech by Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang, MP for Nee Soon GRC, at the Second Reading of the Financial Services and Markets Bill (Bill No. 4/2022) Introduction Sir, this Bill consolidates and increases MAS’s powers. In doing so, it empowers MAS to take a comprehensive, sector-wide approach to risk management and enforcement action. I thank MAS for holding a public consultation in preparation for this Bill in January 2020 and for incorporating some of the feedback into the Bill.....