Sitting on 8 September 2026 - Oral
To ask the Acting Minister for Manpower (a) which Progressive Wage Model sectors have basic wage schedules that now exceed the threshold of $2,600 in Part 4 of the Employment Act; (b) how many employees have moved outside the coverage of Part 4 as a result; and (c) whether the threshold is reviewed when a wage schedule is set.
To ask the Minister for National Development (a) how many nature reserves are gazetted under the Parks and Trees Act, and when each was gazetted; (b) what criteria govern such designation and whether Tagore forest has been assessed against them; and (c) whether the Ministry will consider designating Tagore forest as a nature reserve.
To ask the Minister for Transport since Singapore Airlines became a designated operating entity under the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009 (a) whether losses from and carrying amount in its foreign associates have been assessed against its capacity to provide essential transport services; and (b) whether such losses, or a continuing pattern thereof, would engage the notification duty in section 67B, and on what criterion.
Sitting on 8 September 2026 - Written
To ask the Minister for National Development (a) what the policy basis is for incorporating soft facilities management services into Integrated Facilities Management contracts, and whether any cost or service-quality evaluation supports it; (b) whether there is information on (i) what proportion of such services is now bundled (ii) how many suppliers have moved from prime to subcontractor as a result; and (c) whether a nominated subcontractor model can be applied.
To ask the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) whether the removal of the 5% cap on physical investment precious metals under tax incentive schemes for funds applies to metal vaulted outside Singapore; (b) whether palladium qualifies as investment precious metals and, if not, why not; (c) what criteria determine whether an investment precious metals fund is bona fide; and (d) what role increasing Singapore-based metal vaulting plays in these policies.
Sitting on or after 9 September 2026 - Oral
To ask the Acting Minister for Manpower (a) how many discrimination complaints have cited National Service obligation as the reason; (b) why National Service liability is not protected under the Workplace Fairness Act and what would prompt inclusion; (c) whether the Ministry knows of any enforcement action under Part 6 of the Enlistment Act; and (d) what protection a serviceman has against being passed over for promotion because of in-camp training.
To ask the Minister for National Development in relation to sand infilling for Long Island (a) what particulate concentration will be modelled at the East Coast Park boundary and at the nearest residential facade; (b) whether any particulate concentration will require sand infilling to be suspended, and at what reading; and (c) whether any part of East Coast Park will be closed to the public, and for how long.
To ask the Minister for Transport in view of an Australian ruling that an engineer was unfairly dismissed by his employer after Singapore Airlines complained about a 17-minute delay while clearing fault diagnostic messages on its aircraft (a) whether CAAS requires such disciplinary action to be reported where the aircraft is Singapore-registered; (b) if so, what action follows; and (c) how CAAS ensures engineers are not penalised for safety-related delays.
Sitting on or after 9 September 2026 - Written
To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) why the People’s Association does not publish information on tender bids and awards for commercial space in the same manner as the Singapore Land Authority; (b) how many such tenders were awarded in the past three years; and (c) whether a common disclosure standard will apply to all State landlords.
To ask the Minister for Digital Development and Information (a) what proportion of new generation capacity sought by the Energy Market Authority (EMA) is attributable to projected data centre demand; (b) whether processing data overseas and returning the results via optical-fibre has been assessed as an alternative and what was concluded; and (c) if so, whether a regional optical-fibre network with financing arrangements equivalent to the ASEAN Power Grid will be advanced to enable this.
Sitting on or after 10 September 2026 - Oral
To ask the Minister for Education (a) in each of the last five years, what proportion of resigning teachers joined the Flexi-Adjunct Teaching Scheme within 12 months; (b) whether a Flexi-Adjunct Teacher may decline form teachership or co-curricular duties and remain engaged; (c) how duties exceeding the paid hours are treated; and (d) whether those who resigned and those on no-pay leave are engaged on the same terms.
To ask the Acting Minister for Manpower (a) what is the distribution of declared salaries of services-sector S Pass holders relative to the qualifying salary; (b) whether declared salaries are routinely verified against IRAS and salary crediting records; and (c) how many salary kickback prosecutions since 2021 involved S Pass holders.
To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) why work permit holders may be employed in coffee shops and food courts but not in NEA hawker centres, given all are cooked-food trades; (b) how many Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) and Long-Term Visit Pass Plus (LTVP+) holders work as hawker stall assistants as at 1 September 2026; and (c) whether the venue-based distinction will be reviewed.
Sitting on or after 10 September 2026 - Written
To ask the Minister for Education (a) how many students participated in school-organised attachments to Members of Parliament (MPs) at Meet-the-People Sessions, such as the MP Attachment Programme, in each year since 2020; (b) what percentage were attached to MPs in Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC or Sengkang GRC; (c) who selects the constituency, and on what criteria; and (d) whether the criteria will be published.
To ask the Minister for Education (a) whether Computing can be offered as a core subject in secondary schools; (b) how many secondary schools teach Computing in-house and how many via the centre-based programme; (c) what proportion of the cohort takes Computing; (d) whether Computing can be given its own Curriculum Planning and Development Division post and Master Teacher portfolio; and (e) whether Computing will become a subject before upper secondary.