Leon Perera Archives - The Workers' Party

Ministry of Manpower Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs and LO

Posted March 9, 2021 / 14thParliament, Chua Kheng Wee Louis, Committee of Supply 2021, gerald giam, Jamus Lim, leader of the opposition, Leon Perera, Parliament2021, pritam singh, sylvia lim 0

Re-skilling and the Promise of Reemployment – Jamus Lim The existing co-funded conversion program Currently, WSG offers a professional conversion program (PCP) that seeks to enable mid-career PMETs to undergo skills conversion into new...

Ministry of Health Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs

Posted March 6, 2021 / 14thParliament, Committee of Supply 2021, gerald giam, Leon Perera, Parliament2021 0

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 Sustainability and the Environment Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs and LO

Posted March 4, 2021 / 14thParliament, Chua Kheng Wee Louis, Committee of Supply 2021, Dennis Tan, leader of the opposition, Leon Perera, Parliament2021, pritam singh 0

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

Posted February 27, 2021 / 14thParliament, Chua Kheng Wee Louis, Committee of Supply 2021, Jamus Lim, Leon Perera, Parliament2021 0

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...

Prime Minister’s Office Committee of Supply 2021 – Cuts by WP MPs and LO

Posted February 27, 2021 / 14thParliament, Committee of Supply 2021, Dennis Tan, leader of the opposition, Leon Perera, Parliament2021, pritam singh, sylvia lim 0

Delivered in Parliament on 26 February 2021 Corruption in Singapore – Pritam Singh Mr Chairman, A Straits Times article in December last year provided a snapshot into the state of corruption in Singapore today. One of its opening...

Budget Speech 2021 – Speech by Leon Perera

Posted February 25, 2021 / 14thParliament, Budget 2021, Leon Perera, Parliament2021 0

Delivered in Parliament on 25 February 2021 Mr Speaker sir, the times, they are-a-changing, so the old Bob Dylan old song goes. The Covid pandemic has thrown longer-term trends into sharp relief, increasing inequality between industries and...

Motion on Singapore’s Justice System – Speech by Leon Perrera

Posted November 4, 2020 / 14thParliament, Leon Perera, Parliament2020, Singapore Justice System 0

Delivered in Parliament on 4 November 2020 Mr Speaker sir, fairness, access and independence should be affirmed as cornerstones of Singapore’s justice system. In pursuing these goals, we should address shortcomings and blind spots in our current...

PDPA Amendment Bill – Speech by Leon Perrera

Posted November 2, 2020 / 14thParliament, Leon Perera, Parliament2020, PDPA 0

Delivered in Parliament on 2 November 2020 Mr Deputy Speaker sir, the PDPA Bill seeks to update the original PDPA Act to strengthen data privacy protections and individual data autonomy, ensure greater accountability on the part of organizations...

Debate On The President’s Address At The Opening Of 14th Parliament – Speech by Leon Perera

Posted September 1, 2020 / 14thParliament, Debate on the President’s Address 2020, Leon Perera, Parliament2020 0

Delivered on 1 September 2020 Mr Speaker sir, after a year of weak economic growth in 2019, a devastating pandemic starting in January, a global economic crisis not seen since the second world war, four COVID-19 Budgets and a General...

Fortitude Budget – Speech by Leon Perera

Posted June 5, 2020 / 13thParliament, Budget 2020, Leon Perera, Parliament2020 0

Delivered in Parliament on 5 June 2020 Mr Speaker sir, across the world, governments, healthcare systems, companies, societies and families have been severely tested by a microscopic virus. We will continue to be tested. We will need to meet...

Constitutional Amendment Bill – Speech by Leon Perera

Posted May 5, 2020 / 13thParliament, constitution, Leon Perera, Parliament2020 0

Constitution Amendment Bill 2020 Mr Speaker sir, the Constitution Amendment Bill before the House today proposes to make changes to the Constitution so as to allow Parliament to sit at two or more places, rather than all in one location. This is...

Resilience and Solidarity Budget 2020 – Speech by Leon Perera

Posted April 7, 2020 / 13thParliament, Budget 2020, covid-19, Leon Perera, Parliament2020 0

Delivered in Parliament on 7 April 2020 Mr Speaker sir, in my last speech in this House, I talked about seeing the opportunities in this crisis. What a difference a month makes. I will not talk about opportunities this time. The focus should be...