Monthly Archives: February, 2012
My Budget Speech – 28 February 2011
Yee Jenn Jong Budget Speech (28 February 2012) Mr Deputy Speaker Sir, I welcome the noticeable shift from previous budgets which concentrated mostly on economic growth towards more social programs in this Budget. Over the last decade, our society faced many challenges such as widening income inequality; rising inflation and slower social mobility. Wages of …
Selected Parliamentary Questions I Raised (Oct 2011 – Feb 2012)
For convenience of access, I have compiled a selection of some of the parliamentary questions (PQs) and Supplementary Questions (SQs) I raised over the past five months below (Source: http://www.parliament.gov.sg/publications-singapore-parliament-reports): MITA Divestments of JTC’s properties (21 Oct 2011) 8 Mr Yee Jenn Jong asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) how many properties of JTC Corporation …
Do young Singaporeans lack drive and willingness to venture out?
At a recent forum at the Singapore Management University, Education Minister Heng Swee Kiat expressed his concern about young Singaporeans’ perceived lack of drive and lack of willingness to venture out of their comfort zone. He was given this feedback earlier by a group of CEOs who owned their own companies. A personal experience with …
