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  • Multiple Channels For Public Feedback On National Day Rally

    Multiple Channels For Public Feedback On National Day Rally

    Singaporeans will have several channels for providing feedback on this year’s National Day Rally speech, to be delivered on Sunday by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

    These range from dialogue sessions to Facebook chats and public booths, government feedback unit Reach said yesterday.RE

    The public can start sharing their views on Reach’s National Day Rally microsite (www.reach.gov.sg/nationaldayrally2017) on the day of the speech.

    A public forum will be held on the evening of Aug 23, to be chaired by Minister (Prime Minister’s Office) and Second Minister (Manpower and Foreign Affairs) Josephine Teo and Reach chairman and Minister of State (Prime Minister’s Office, Manpower and Foreign Affairs) Sam Tan.

    Two days later, Senior Minister of State (Communications and Information and Education) Janil Puthucheary and Member of Parliament (MacPherson) Tin Pei Ling will host an hour-long Facebook Live chat from 9pm. There will also be other Facebook Live chats and dialogue sessions, as well as radio talk shows that the public can tune in to next week.

    Reach will set up feedback booths after the Rally for Singaporeans to obtain more information on the announcements made and to give their feedback. Details of the locations will be provided on its microsite.

    Meanwhile, members of the public can catch the Rally on television and radio as well as live streams online — on Mr Lee’s and Reach’s Facebook pages, on the Prime Minister’s Office Youtube channel and on Toggle.

    Mr Lee will be speaking in Malay and Mandarin from 6.45pm to 7.30pm and in English from 8.15pm to 9.30pm.

    Mr Lee said on Tuesday in his National Day message that his Rally speech will elaborate on the issues he raised relating to pre-school education, the war on diabetes and the Smart Nation initiative.

     

    Source: http://www.todayonline.com

  • Have An Opinion On Proposed Amendments To The Administration Of Muslim Law Act, Send Your Views To MCCY

    Have An Opinion On Proposed Amendments To The Administration Of Muslim Law Act, Send Your Views To MCCY

    Public consultation on the draft Administration of Muslim Law Act (Amendment) Bill

     

    The Ministry of Culture, Community, and Youth (MCCY) invites the public to give feedback on the draft Administration of Muslim Law Act (Amendment) Bill.

    The Administration of Muslim Law Act (AMLA) provides for the establishment of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS), the Syariah Court (SYC), and the Registry of Muslim Marriages (ROMM), and the administration of mosques and wakafs (Muslim endowments).

    The Government, in consultation with community partners and stakeholders, regularly reviews the Act to ensure that this unique piece of legislation is robust and relevant, stays up-to-date with new programmes and processes, and serves the needs of our Muslim community. The proposed amendments this year seek to reinforce Muslim institutions, enhance the management of Muslim assets, and strengthen Muslim families.

    Consultation documents

    1. Draft AMLA (Amendment) Bill
    2. Public Consultation paper explaining the policy intent behind the proposed amendments

    All interested members of the public are requested to submit their comments on the proposed amendments no later than 6.00pm on 13 April 2017, via the following channels:

    • Email to: [email protected]
    • Post to:
      Ministry of Culture, Community, and Youth
      Community Relations and Engagement Division
      Level 2, Old Hill Street Police Station
      Singapore 179369

     

    Source: www.mccy.gov.sg

  • Government To Set Up CPF Advisory Panel In Feedback Exercise

    Government To Set Up CPF Advisory Panel In Feedback Exercise

    The government is setting up a CPF Advisory Panel to ask the public about what they feel about the CPF System.

    In a media release, the Ministry of Manpower explained that they want to hold Focus Groups to gather feedback on four main issues. These issues are:

    How the Minimum Sum should be adjusted after 2015, whether members should be allowed to withdraw a lump sum, how to increase the choices of the amount of cash payouts and how to give members more flexibility to get higher returns.

    The CPF Panel will be holding the discussions over the next few months and members can get more information and sign up at www.cpfpanel.sg.

    It seems that the government is finally listening and taking feedback from the public after much public discussion and dissatisfaction.

    The public have organised their own gatherings, spoken up on many occasions at Hong Lim Park through the monthly CPF protests and one activist, blogger Roy Ngerng, is even being sued by the PM for writing about CPF.

    Why is it that now, the government wants to listen but fails to acknowledge that they have only finally decided to do so after citizens made so much noise about it?

    Is this the way the government “gathers feedback” in Singapore – Ignore the people when they speak up and even try to silence them by revoking permits and issuing legal threats only to turn around and open up public dialogues months later and pretend that it is their idea to listen to the public?

     

    Source: wwww.therealsingapore.com