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Town Council Management – What is really at stake
16 May 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TOWN COUNCIL MANAGEMENT – WHAT IS REALLY AT STAKE During the debate in Parliament on Town Councils on 13 May 2013, Parliament discussed the controversial sale of the Town Council Management System (TCMS) to Action Information Management Pte Ltd (AIM), a company wholly-owned by the PAP, allowing AIM to terminate the TCMS with one month’s notice should there... [Read more]
Clarifications by WP MPs on FMSS during Town Councils debate in Parliament
During the debate in Parliament on Town Councils on 13 May 2013, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan made several remarks about the Workers’ Party (WP), Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) and AHPETC’s managing agent (MA), FM Solutions and Services Pte Ltd (FMSS). Ms Sylvia Lim (Chairman of the WP and AHPETC, MP for Aljunied GRC) and Mr Pritam Singh (Vice-chairman of AHPETC,... [Read more]
Safeguarding the Public Interest in Town Council Management – Sylvia Lim
by Sylvia Lim, MP for Aljunied GRC and Chairman of Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council [Delivered in Parliament on 13 May 2013] This debate has been triggered by the controversy surrounding the sale of town council management software (TCMS) by 14 Town Councils managed by the People’s Action Party (PAP) to Action Information Management Pte Ltd (AIM) in 2011 prior to the General Elections.... [Read more]
The AIM Transaction: Business or Political – Png Eng Huat
By MP for Hougang SMC, Png Eng Huat [Delivered in Parliament on 13 May 2013] The MND Town Council Review has left many questions unanswered despite providing a lot of background information on the AIM transaction. While the report has concluded that the sale of the Town Council Management System (TCMS) to a PAP-owned company was nothing more than a business deal, the intentions behind the AIM transaction... [Read more]
Lessons from the AIM affair: Depoliticising the relationship between the Government and Town Councils – Pritam Singh
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Pritam Singh [Delivered in Parliament on 13 May 2013] The Town Councils Act of 1989 was passed with reference to Singapore politics of the 1980s, when non-People’s Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to check the government, ending the one-party rule of the PAP in parliament. Whatever the stated intent and objectives of the Act, government entities... [Read more]
The Workers’ Party Labour Day Message 2013
Every year, Labour Day serves to remind us that the economic progress we have achieved as a nation would not have been possible without our workers’ immense contributions and sacrifices. Today, we pay a special tribute to our Singaporean workers, who are well-regarded around the world for their hard work, responsibility, knowledge and skills. For over five decades, the Workers’ Party has given... [Read more]
Speech on Child Development Co-Savings Bill – NCMP Gerald Giam
By Non-Constituency MP Gerald Giam [Delivered in Parliament on 8 April 2013] Madam Speaker, This Bill seeks to amend the existing Child Development Co-Savings Act to implement some of the measures in the Marriage and Parenthood Package that were announced earlier this year. I welcome the amendments and I am glad to see the introduction of paternity leave. This was something I appealed for during last... [Read more]
Speech on Fire Safety (Amendment) Bill – MP Sylvia Lim
by MP for Aljunied GRC, Sylvia Lim [Delivered in Parliament on 8 April 2013] I am in general support of the rationale for the Bill. However, I wish to seek some clarifications on Clauses 17 and 18 which require designated buildings to provide emergency response plans and to have Company Emergency Response Teams. Specifically, I wish to ask what role SCDF will play to collaborate or partner with building... [Read more]
COS 2013 Debates: MCCY – Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (MP Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap)
By MP for Aljunied GRC, Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap [Delivered in Committee of Supply on 14 March 2013] Puan saya ingin mengutarakan 2 cadangan mengenai TTFS. Yang pertama Puan, Menteri Yacob dalam menjawab soalan parlimen saya mengatakan bahawa jumlah dana TTFS yang tidak diagih disalurkan kepada Dana Pendidikan Mendaki (EDF) dimana dana ini digunakan untuk skim bantuan pendidikan dan program... [Read more]
