Relooking at Foreign Workers Dormitories

Parliamentary Questions by MP Louis Ng on 4-5 May 2020 1) To ask the Minister for Manpower whether the Ministry will consider amending the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act so that its regulatory framework applies to all purpose-built dormitories, factory converted dormitories, construction temporary quarters, standalone temporary quarters, construction temporary quarters, quarters in buildings under construction, and temporary occupation licence quarters. 2) To ask the Minister for Manpower whether the Ministry will consider (i) increasing the minimum gross floor area of 4.5 square metres for each resident in a foreign workers’....

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More Annual Leave, Parent-care Leave for all

Cuts by MP Louis Ng for Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Committee of Supply debate 2020 Increase the minimum amount of annual leave I appreciate that the government is looking into work-life balance and is introducing several new initiatives. When it comes to work-life balance, Singapore ranks poorly. We rank 32nd out of 40 cities for work life balance and are second only to Tokyo in a ranking for the most overworked cities. Beyond flexible working arrangements,....

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Jobs for Locals

A/P Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim COS Cut for MOM Economic Growth and Jobs for Locals The Singapore economy grew by 3.6% in 2017. This is better than the economic growths in 2015 and 2016. At the employment front, we were informed of a drop in Singapore’s total employment in 2017. This was due to a larger drop in foreign employment, although local employment grew. I would like to ask the Minister, has the economic growths in the past few years,....

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Culling of free-ranging chickens

Parliamentary Questions from Louis Ng on 20 Feb 2017 FOR ORAL REPLY 1. To ask the Minister for National Development (a) how many residents have complained about the free-ranging chickens at Sin Ming; (b) what percentage of residents living around Thomson View and Blocks 452 to 454 Sin Ming Avenue have complained about the chickens; (c) whether AVA has considered asking people to adopt the chickens or other more humane alternatives; and (d) whether AVA will set a threshold in terms of the number of complains and complainants before culling other chickens or animals.....

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