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Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean and Leader of the Opposition, Pritam Singh of the Workers' Party (WP), may differ on the methods of achieving racial integration, but both agree that no one should exploit racial or religious issues for political gain. During the end of a marathon debate on racial issues in Parliament, PAP Member of Parliament (MP) Sitoh Yih-Pin took it upon himself to ask Culture, Community and Youth Minister Edwin Tong to explain the relevance of the government's CMIO model of ethnic classification system (i.e. Chinese, Malay, Indian and Others). Tong took the bat and ran with ...

Singh took aim at the GRC system and the assumption that Singaporeans vote along racial lines.

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Minding your PQs: What's Question Time in Parliament and why should you care? Toggle share menu Advertisement Minding your PQs: What's Question Time in Parliament and why should you care? After the Singapore Parliament posted on Facebook recently about what's involved in Question Time, CNA delves deeper into how the session works and what MPs do with answers to the issues they ask about. Parliament House, Singapore. (Photo: Hanidah Amin) 09 May 2021 07:05AM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: At the first sessions of Parliam...

- Advertisement - Workers’ Party Members of Parliament (MPs) Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Leon Perera, and Gerald Giam are set to ask questions on the erroneous clearance of the 70-hectare Kranji woodland. The forested area at Kranji Road was among plots of land earmarked for the development of the Agri-Food Innovation Park (AFIP). According to a statement by JTC on Feb 16, a contractor had “erroneously” cleared the 70-hectare woodland. The agency said that it was investigating what had led to this mistake and determining whether the company should be further penalised. So far, the construct...