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Proposed licensing regimes to beef up security, sustainability of Singapore’s data centres and cloud services
The Bill will give businesses, organisations, and citizens assurance that the infrastructure they depend on is secure and resilient, said MDDI.
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Singapore’s political salary framework must stay updated while preserving the ethos of service: Chan Chun Sing
Mr Chan said Singapore is not trying to match private sector salaries, but cannot pretend that such opportunity costs do not exist.
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MP allowances to rise from S$13,750 to S$18,500 monthly
The government will also study “delinking” allowances for community-related roles, such as MPs and mayors, from political salary benchmarks.
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Law proposed to require online sellers of active mobility devices to display warning notices
The Bill will also introduce key measures to further strengthen controls against deregistered vehicles.
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New committee to strengthen safeguards in Islamic religious institutions after child sexual abuse case in mosque
The government is also considering widening criminal screening to more roles involving contact with children, and voluntary background checks for unregulated sectors.
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Higher political salaries give ‘better chance’ of persuading capable Singaporeans to step forward: PM Wong
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says he had personally approached several senior permanent secretaries and private-sector CEOs to join politics before the last General Election – and all of them turned him down.
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Ministerial salaries to increase by up to 9% to S$1.2m, lower than review committee’s recommendation
The new salaries will take effect from Oct 15 this year.
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PM Wong, Chan Chun Sing to address political salaries review in parliament
Singapore last adjusted the salaries of political office holders and parliamentarians in 2011.
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PM Wong, Chan Chun Sing to deliver ministerial statements on government’s response to political office holders’ salary review
The ministerial statements will be debated on Thursday (Sep 10).
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Primary 5 and Secondary 3 students got 15 more minutes of sleep in 2025 than in 2023
The latest Ministry of Education survey found that Primary 5 and Secondary 3 students got about seven hours of sleep on average on school days.
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