Some MPs additionally filed questions on rules for public officers dealing with improvement plans.
MP He Ting Ru (WP-Sengkang GRC) requested Mr Wong if civil servants have been required to declare property purchases which will relate to personal info on future transport infrastructure, and the way such declarations have been cross-checked in opposition to officers’ entry to planning info.
NMP Terence Ho requested the prime minister whether or not the federal government believed there was a have to strengthen safeguards, together with guidelines and penalties, to make sure public officers didn’t use privileged info for materials achieve for themselves or their relations.
RETRENCHMENTS
Retrenchments in Singapore rose to 4,620 on this 12 months’s second quarter, marking the very best stage since This autumn 2020.
The order paper for Tuesday’s sitting confirmed that MPs filed 10 questions regarding retrenchments, asking about help for affected employees and their re-entry into the workforce.
MP Valerie Lee (PAP-Pasir Ris-Changi GRC) requested Ms Jasmin Lau, Performing Minister for Manpower, how her ministry assessed whether or not profession conversion programmes led to sustained employment for mature employees.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) had highlighted final month that unemployment indicators amongst older resident employees aged 50 and above warranted nearer monitoring, with long-term unemployment in Q2 edging up amongst each employees of their 50s and people aged 60 and above.
Ms Lee additionally requested if additional measures have been being thought-about to help long-term employment for mature employees and scale back their threat of repeated displacement.