Latest Parliamentary Speeches
Latest Parliamentary Speeches
Ministry of Social and Family Development Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs
Impact of Children and Young Persons Act Amendments 2019 – Sylvia Lim In 2019 the Ministry introduced four significant updates to the Children and Young Persons Act. First, changes were made to enhance the safeguarding of abused or neglected...
Ministry of Transport Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs
Challenges facing our aviation industry – Dennis Tan Lip Fong Aviation and Aerospace Industries Singapore’s aviation industry has been one of the hardest hit industries in this pandemic, given the sector’s complete dependence on...
Ministry of Health Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs
Tackling Healthcare Inequality – Leon Perera Mr Speaker sir, from a recent reply to my Parliamentary question, we now know that residents aged 25 years old with below secondary education have a life expectancy 5.8 years lower than that of those...
Ministry of National Development Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs
HDB Blocks Façade Repair – Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap Sir, during a recent Parliament session, I proposed to the Ministry to roll-out a national programme of façade repair for ageing HDB blocks in view of recent spates of external wall...
Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs and LO
Plastic and Styrofoam Materials – Dennis Tan Lip Fong Mr Chairman, with Singaporeans increasingly aware of the need to be environmentally conscious, we should bolster our fight against the use of plastics. In the Green Plan, one of the key...
Ministry of Finance Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs
Delivered in Parliament on 26 February 2021 The Case for an Independent Fiscal Council – Jamus Lim Chairman, I beg to move, “That the total sum to be allocated for the Ministry of Finance be increased by $20 million.” The role of...
Recent News
Recent News
The Workers’ Party CEC Election 2020
The Workers’ Party held its Cadre Members’ Conference on 27 December 2020. The Cadre Members elected the following as Party Chair and Secretary-General: Chair: Ms Sylvia Lim Swee Lian (林瑞莲), 55Secretary-General: Mr Pritam Singh (毕丹星), 44 The following 12 members were elected to the Central Executive Committee (CEC): Mr Chua Kheng
WP calls on Government to publish election campaign rules forthwith
The Workers’ Party notes that Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has indicated in a media interview on 27 May 2020 that the General Elections (GE) should be held soon. He further said:.. “Yes, elections are coming nearer by the day, and you have to be prepared for it”. To date, there has been a
MP Low Thia Khiang discharged and on hospitalisation leave
We had earlier informed the public about the fall at home of Aljunied GRC MP and former WP Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang on 30 April 2020, and that he has been receiving care in hospital since then. We wish to further update everyone that Mr Low was discharged on 21 May 2020 and is now
WP Media Statement: Update on Mr Low’s condition
We refer to our statement on 3 May 2020. We had shared that Aljunied GRC MP and former WP Secretary-General Mr Low Thia Khiang was being monitored in ICU after sustaining a head injury from a fall at home. After 5 days in ICU, Mr Low was transferred on 4 May to a general ward,
WP Media Statement: Mr Low Thia Khiang in ICU
Aljunied GRC MP and former Workers’ Party Secretary-General Mr Low Thia Khiang suffered a head injury from a fall at home on 30 April 2020. He is being monitored in the Intensive Care Unit. Mr Low is conscious. Mr Low’s family has requested for privacy so he can focus on his recuperation. In Mr Low’s
The Workers’ Party Labour Day Message 2020
THE WORKERS’ PARTY LABOUR DAY MESSAGE: 1 MAY 2020 Today is a Labour Day like no other. Singapore continues to battle a disease pandemic and what might be our nation’s worst economic contraction since independence. On this Labour Day, our thoughts, prayers and support go first and foremost to our healthcare and frontline workers. The country