Academic research has estimated the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children and adolescents to range between five per cent and eight per cent, and among adults to range between two per cent and seven per cent. Children aged six years and below are eligible to receive consultation an
Family Service Centres (FSCs) handled about 20,500 cases in Financial Year (FY) 2021 and 18,900 cases the following financial year. There were about 1,000 social workers managing the cases in FSCs in FY21 and FY22. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development Eric Chua gave this update in reply to a
A total of 112,000 participants have joined the “I Quit” programme since May 2014. The programme does not keep track of which participants are smokers or vapers. Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary said this in reply to an MP’s questions in Parliament on Friday (Feb 16). He said the team that ru
Transit passengers are allowed to stay in the transit area of Changi Airport for up to 72 hours to wait for their connecting flights. Passengers departing from Singapore will be allowed entry into the transit area if their flights are departing within the next 24 hours. Security agencies conduct regular patrols and loo
Grassroots leaders (GRLs) must be able to discern information from misinformation and critically evaluate information, said Culture, Community and Youth Minister Edwin Tong. Replying to an MP’s questions in Parliament on Friday (Feb 16), he highlighted ways in which the People’s Association (PA) supports GRLs in t
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) assesses all requests holistically and exercises flexibility for Singapore citizens married to non-resident spouses who have no other housing option or family support. From 2019 to 2023, HDB received an average of about 160 appeals per year to buy an HDB flat or access public ren
People whose records under Section 377A have not been automatically rendered spent may apply to the Commissioner of Police to have them treated as spent. The Commissioner will consider whether the case was a private activity and whether it was between consenting adults. The other factors to be considered will not be di
Hospital admissions are based on clinical necessity and some patients have medical conditions that are non-urgent but need inpatient care. They account for about 20 per cent of all public hospital admissions and this has remained stable over the past 10 years. As these admissions are medically necessary, they can tap o
The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) will follow up on anonymous reports under the planned Workplace Fairness Legislation on a best efforts basis, similar to other complaints of workplace discrimination. TAFEP does not disclose the employee’s identity to the employer. To furth
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) is already responsible for the administration of enterprise disbursement schemes and has been designated the Centre of Excellence for disbursing broad-based grants to enterprises, said MP Louis Chua. Speaking in Parliament on Friday (Feb 16), he said it is important to e