Meet the people sessions
7.30pm – 9.30pm
First and third
Wednesday
Speech by Dennis Tan Lip Fong On the Land Transport and Related Matters Bill
Mr. Speaker, the Land Transport and Related Matters Bill introduces significant changes to our transport landscape. A key shift in this Bill is the reclassification of what we currently know as Personal Mobility Aids, or PMAs. The Bill replaces this term with a new legal category: Mobility Vehicles. This category encompasses both motorised wheelchairs and mobility scooters. I will speak briefly on ERP 2.0, and for the rest of my speech I will focus on the regime changes for these Mobility Vehicles and raise several concerns relating to public education, enforcement, and riding culture in Singapore.
Rethinking Redevelopment and Green Preservation
I speak today on a matter of increasing urgency and public concern: the need to fundamentally rethink how we assess and justify the trade-offs between essential development and the preservation of our existing green spaces. The question is how we move our planning calculus from measuring gross inputs to ensuring net, positive outcomes for our environment and our people.
Speech by Dennis Tan Lip Fong on the Health Information Bill
Mr Speaker, the Health Information Bill is transformative in the way it will set the legal framework for the mandatory contribution, collection, storage, and disclosure of health information across the entire healthcare ecosystem of Singapore. When passed, fragmented and often paper-based health records held by individual healthcare providers will be a thing of the past, morphing into a unified, interoperable National Electronic Health Record (NEHR). This is not merely a technological upgrade; the Bill promises smoother, safer, more efficient healthcare for all patients under our country’s health system. Given Singapore's rapidly ageing population, the successful implementation of the NEHR is critical to ensuring seamless care continuity across different healthcare institutions.
Speech by Dennis Tan Lip Fong On Workplace Fairness (Dispute Resolution) Bill
Mr Deputy Speaker, in August 2016, at the Debate during the second reading of the Employment Claims Bill, I had said that employment claims disputes are often mired in the context of contending allegations of breaches of employment contract and unfair dismissal or discrimination could well be part of the factual matrix in some cases. I also suggested for one Tribunal to hear all types of labour disputes including employment claims and claims for unfair dismissal and discrimination. Today I am happy to support and welcome this Bill.
