Meet the people sessions
7.30pm – 9.30pm
First and third
Wednesday
Speech by He Ting Ru On Transboundary Haze Pollution (Amdt) Bill
Mr Speaker, Yesterday I spoke about how we can work across sectors and borders to strengthen our efforts to tackle the haze and ensure clean air, and my speech today extends that discussion, along with raising some questions on the amendments tabled.
Speech by He Ting Ru On Adjournment Motion
Mr Speaker For the last two months, Singapore has experienced the worst haze seen in over a decade. Like with previous haze episodes, this is not just natural phenomena. The haze this year is caused by slash-and-burn clearance and peatland fires, as was the case with many previous haze episodes. Exacerbating these conditions is a Super El Niño phase ultimately made worse by human-caused climate change.
Speech by He Ting Ru On Digital infrastructure Bill
Mr Speaker Countries and corporations all around the world are scrambling to meet AI-driven hunger for data centre capacity. Yet, this arms race compromises our ability to meet our climate targets despite the expectation that long-term global temperatures would rise by over 1.5 degrees relative to pre-industrial levels within the next few years, falling way short of our collective goal to keep global warming beneath this threshold.
Speech by He Ting Ru On Food Security Motion
Mr Speaker The motion before the House today is topical. The issue of Singapore’s food security and resilience is a thorny one, and many will remember Covid era images of panic-buying emptying supermarket shelves, and the hoarding and stockpiling of food items like eggs. With various wars, blockades and their attendant disruptions to supply chains and increase in prices, it is no wonder that our attention is once again focused on how we feed ourselves. More recently, we have also been hit with a wave of food business closures, with heritage names like Ka-Soh and Warong Nasi Pariaman permanently shuttering. These joined the more than 3,000 businesses that closed in both 2024 and 2025, and over 2,000 between January and July this year alone. And even when the number of new food outlets opening may be more than those closing, the sense of loss and concern as we hear about yet another well-known food outlet closing down is much harder to measure or compensate away.
