Seah Kian Peng
Singapore
“I thank the Senior Minister of State for his reply. Just a few supplementary questions. Given the decline in volume and given that I can understand SingPost having their challenges, how does the Ministry ensure that there is no degradation of services that are provided by SingPost?”
“Yet, violence, domination, pain, harm and abuse also occur within the walls of a family. We need to be vigilant and sensitive in our approach. Hard rules and automatic application of these rules are a poor response to the challenges that we face today.”
“Both parents and schools have a role to play in shaping our children in the way they should go and I agree with Mr Don Wee that it is important for families to have open conversations about these matters.”
“Just a quick supplementary question for the Senior Minister of State. First, I must say I am surprised but happy that the number of cases has gone down. Having said that, we need to also pay attention to the number of unreported cases. Personally, I am sure we have heard from many residents who come to us for these cases.”
“Second, we propose to put in place new processes to prevent the misuse of the MPA by parents who have abandoned, abused or neglected their children and did not fulfil their parental duties. In so doing, we also protect and spare their children from unnecessary distress.”
“The way we feed ourselves will not be the same. The way we live and the way we work will also be different – telemedicine, work from home, online learning and the need for insurance. But there are other things which will remain the same – resilience, unity, and a single-minded commitment to our joint future.”
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“Sir, I am delighted to hear of this piece of great news. I am sure that the many thousands of residents staying in such blocks throughout the island will be greatly cheered by this announcement. My supplementary question is this. Would MND or HDB be considering a kind of pilot scheme to adopt these new techniques? If so, I would like to volunteer any of my 32 blocks in Serangoon Central Avenues 1 and 2 for consideration.”
“I thank the Minister for the clarification. I just wanted to say that after my speech yesterday, I had a few MPs who came to me to say that this was the first time that they were aware that there was such a scheme called HOPE. What I would like to suggest is that we go out of the way to publicise this scheme, that this is available, and to make sure that of those who qualify, we make an effort to get them, rather than for them to apply. If they qualify for it, make an attempt to get them into the scheme.”