Latest speeches by Workers’ Party
Members of Parliament in 14th Parliament
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Delivered in Parliament on 12 January 2022 Mr Speaker, nearly a year ago, this House acknowledged that climate change is a global emergency and a threat to mankind, and calls the Government, in partnership with the private sector, civil society and the people of Singapore, to deepen and accelerate efforts... -
Delivered in Parliament on 12 January 2022 Mr Speaker Today’s motion is about how we can move towards a low-carbon society. It rightly points out that in order to do so, there is much more to be done through the partnerships we build between the business, government and people sectors in...
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Delivered in Parliament on 12 January 2022 Mr Speaker, the process of moving from a carbon-based, “brown” economy toward a renewables-based, “green” economy is one of the major economic challenges of our time, not just for us, but for our children. I agree that corporations have a crucial role to play...
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Delivered in Parliament on 12 January 2022 Mr Speaker, Combating climate change is the challenge of our generation and, quite possibly, the next two generations. If our generation does not set in motion sufficient changes to mitigate climate change, our grandchildren will pay a painful price for our lack of resolve...
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Delivered in Parliament on 12 January 2022 Making Intellectual Property Law Work Even Better The proposed changes in the Bill will codify simplifications and streamlined processes associated with intellectual property (IP) procedures. These changes relate to a wide range of IP classes, including patents, registered designs, trademarks, geographical indications, and plant...
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Delivered in Parliament on 11 January 2022 INTRODUCTION Madam Deputy Speaker, the Prisons Amendment Bill seeks to empower the government to designate places as temporary prison lock-ups, introduces an Employment Preparation Scheme, introduces restrictions on prisoners’ correspondence and empowers the government to requirement the co-operation of relevant persons for the investigation...
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Delivered In Parliament On 11 January 2022 Mr Speaker, Changes in economies and capital markets the world over, triggered by Covid, has meant that stock markets too need to adapt to deal with disruption and have to continually fight to stay relevant and attractive to investors. Indeed a Business Times article...
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Delivered in Parliament on 11 January 2022 Mr Speaker, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) (Amendment) Bill is complementary to the earlier Government Securities (Debt Market and Investment) Act, which was debated in this House late last year, and on which I had previously spoken. The present Bill introduces important institutional...
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Delivered in Parliament on 10 January 2022 Mr Speaker sir, the Corporate Registers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill seeks to amend certain laws relating to the prevention of money-laundering and terrorist financing. The proposed amendments are a result of recommendations made by the inter-governmental body known as the Financial Action Task Force...
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Delivered in Parliament on 10 January 2022 I declare that I am a lawyer with a firm that practices family law. However the contents of this speech reflect my own views on the Bill. In this debate, I wish to make a few comments on the provisions relating to divorce,...
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Delivered in Parliament on 10 January 2022 Mr Speaker, the Gambling Duties Act 2022 will be a new Act in our legislation, although as I understand from the bill, much of the content is not new per se, and the bill seeks largely to consolidate the law on levy and...
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Delivered in Parliament on 3 November 2021 Mr Speaker, let me start by declaring that I am a practising advocate and solicitor in the Supreme Court of Singapore. The Constitutional amendment bill and the Judicial Service (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill before us today provide for the creation of a separate judicial service....
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Delivered in Parliament on 3 November 2021 Mr Speaker, I understand that the stipulations in the Government Borrowing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill on are largely of a technical nature, aiming to repeal various mostly spent acts, and to consolidate aggregate borrowing by the government across others. I favor such simplification, and...
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Delivered in Parliament on 2 November 2021 Mr Speaker I would like to first declare my interest as an equity research analyst in a financial institution, covering the real estate industry. Mr Speaker, home ownership has been the hallmark of our public housing system. These were the words of former Minister...
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Delivered in Parliament on 2 November 2021 Mr Speaker, it felt like yesterday when I last spoke on the Goods and Services Tax or GST (Amendment) Bill, which was introduced in Parliament in November 2020. Back then, I shared my concerns about the loss of public revenues through GST leakages,...
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Delivered in Parliament on 2 November 2021 Madam Deputy Speaker, I am supportive of the general direction of this Bill, the Preservation of Monuments (Amendment) Act. In the Hollywood movie Monuments Men, the fictional President Truman is persuaded to set up a special US Army unit to preserve classic European works...
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Delivered in Parliament on 2 November 2021 Mr Speaker, The recent natural gas supply disruptions and consequential increase in electricity prices have brought to the fore the importance of strengthening our nation’s energy resilience. To-date, five electricity retailers will be dimming their lights and others have stopped accepting new customers. This has...
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Mr Speaker, I’m keenly aware that 7 o’clock in the evening (or 7 in the morning, or for that matter, anytime really) is hardly an opportune time for a dry lecture on economic matters. But I will speak on the issue of taxes on capital because such taxes matter...
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Delivered in Parliament on 1 November 2021 Mr Deputy Speaker Retirement is a word that means so many different things to each of us. For the lucky ones amongst us, it brings with it notions of freedom and leisure, golden years where one is no longer a wage slave. On the...
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Delivered in Parliament on 1 November 2021 Mr Speaker, this latest set of amendments to the Retirement and Reemployment Act build on a number of positive amendments to the Act that were passed in 2017, which increased the reemployment age by two years to 67, and also strengthened the position...
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Sir, in view of longer lifespans, and more golden years, allowing an individual to work till an older age is a sensible and responsible thing to do. For the individual, it enhances financial security, independence, and for some, provides a sense of purpose. This also benefits society, as active...
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Delivered in Parliament on 5 October 2021 Sir, my speech today calls for the government to make motorcycle ownership more affordable in particular for fellow Singaporeans who are reliant on this mode of transportation for their livelihood. Largely, my speech will focus on reviewing and making necessary and reasonable changes...
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Delivered in Parliament on 5 October 2021 Mr Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of this motion of thanks. Let me begin, like others in this House, by expressing my appreciation and congratulations to all our national athletes, regardless of whether they may have medaled in...
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Delivered in Parliament on 5 October 2021 Mr Speaker sir, the government has set out its rationale for the Repeal of the Sedition Act Bill. It said that it had used the Sedition Act in the past to address various forms of conduct that could weaken our social fabric and...
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Delivered in Parliament on 5 October 2021 Mr Speaker, I would like to first declare my interest as an equity research analyst working in a financial institution, covering the real estate industry, and I am also a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, although not a practising public accountant. Mr Speaker, it is...
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Delivered in Parliament on 5 October 2021 The Bill seeks to make two changes to the investigations of deaths that are defined as reportable. I have concerns about both provisions and would like the Ministry’s clarifications. First, it is proposed by Clause 2 that Section 12 be amended to make the...
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Delivered in Parliament on 5 October 2021 Mr Speaker, the Coroners Act (Cap 63A) came into effect in January 2011. I would like to seek the Minister’s clarifications on two of the amendments which this Amendment Bill seeks to introduce. To give the Minister of Law flexibility to issue a certificate...
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Delivered in Parliament on 4 October 2021 Introduction Mr Speaker sir, five Workers’ Party MPs are speaking on the Foreign Interference Countermeasures Act and four have filed amendments to that Act to bring balance to this Bill. Why? Some Singaporeans might think that this is an arcane and obscure Bill that will...
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Delivered in Parliament on 4 October 2021 Mr Speaker, Since the FICA Bill was tabled just three weeks ago, we have seen a flurry of criticism by lawyers, NGOs, academics and journalists, with some wondering if it will affect perceptions of Singapore as a global hub. Some of my constituents have...
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Delivered in Parliament on 4 October 2021 Mr Speaker, I rise to speak on the Bill. Before I begin, I do not recall coming across a Bill that is understood in such diametrically opposing way by, on the one hand, members of the public - including at least two Senior...