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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s COVID-19 vaccination program and the side effects seen among those who have received the vaccine will be on the agenda when Parliament meets on Monday (February 1).
Thirteen members of Parliament have submitted questions on issues related to vaccination.
Deputy Yip Hon Weng (PAP-Yio Chu Kang) asked whether residents can have the option of receiving an early vaccination if they have good reasons for traveling abroad and on short notice.
Following the reported deaths of older people in Norway after taking the Pfizer vaccine, MP Dennis Tan (WP-Hougang) asked if the Singapore government will consult the COVID-19 vaccination expert committee to review the inoculation strategy in Singapore. , and whether additional precautions will be taken. taken.
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Questions have also been raised about potholes and other weather-induced problems on public roads such as soil erosion and landslides, and MP Melvin Yong (PAP-Radin Mas) asked the Minister of Transport what resources are there for motorists whose vehicles are damaged by potholes.
MP He Ting Ru (WP-Sengkang) asked what the Ministry of Education’s policies and guidelines are on students with gender dysphoria and how often it reviews these policies.
On green spaces and Dover Forest zoning for residential development, several deputies asked about the criteria by which parcels of land are scheduled for development and whether the environmental impact of developing such spaces has been considered.
READ: The Dover Forest Debate: Can Nature and Development Coexist in Urbanized Singapore?
At the beginning of Monday’s session, nine nominated members of Parliament will take an oath of allegiance. His two-and-a-half-year term began on January 21.
As previously announced, legislation will be introduced establishing the categories of serious crimes for which data from the COVID-19 TraceTogether contact tracing tool can be used for law enforcement investigations.
The legislation will be introduced in an Urgency Certificate.
Several PAP MPs from the Government Parliamentary Committee for Sustainability and the Environment have also tabled a parliamentary motion to address climate change and its impact on Singapore.
According to the PAP in a press release, this is the first motion on the issue, initiated with key recommendations that the party’s youth wing has put forward in its position paper on sustainability issues.
