Echoing points raised by MP Liang Eng Hwa and NCMP Eileen Chong, who noted that the S$335 million Founders’ Memorial is already intended to encapsulate and honour Singapore’s founding values and nation-building journey, MP Christopher de Souza asked Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo for a deeper explanation for gazetting the 38 Oxley Road site. Speaking in Parliament on Nov. 6, de Souza added that he hopes any decision made by the Government will be done "sensitively and

Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Chee Hong Tat and Aljunied GRC MP Kenneth Tiong engaged in a back and forth in Parliament on Nov. 5 over Singapore’s “risk proportionate” approach to its due diligence standards with regards to family offices. Tiong had asked Chee questions about the checks that MAS does before granting tax-exempt incentives and what systemic reforms have been implemented to prevent criminal networks from exploiting Singapore’s family office regime. |

Singapore cannot alter the trajectory of the war between Israel and Hamas, or reshape the Middle East's geopolitical landscape, but it can help in ways that are far from just symbolic, said Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Thursday (Nov 6) at the end of his four-day working visit to the Palestinian Territories and Israel. In addition to meeting leaders on both sides, Dr Balakrishnan witnessed Singapore's US$500,000 donation to the World Food Programme, supporting food assistance f

Concluding his speech in Parliament on Nov. 6, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo said that the Singapore government's approach to acquire the site of 38 Oxley Road is "most responsible". He mentioned that 38 Oxley Road is a "unique and foundational part of the story of Singapore's independence", with the Preservation of Sites and Monuments Advisory Board having assessed it to have "strong national significance worthy of preservation as a National Monument". | Mothership

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Every life that Singapore can save, every livelihood that Singapore can elevate, is still a worthwhile exercise even though Singapore is a tiny city state and nothing we say or do will alter the history, foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan said to Singapore media during a media wrap-up at the end of his working visit to Palestinian territories and Israel. | Mothership