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Speeches and more

Keep up with parliamentary activity by the Workers’ Party Members of Parliament

Written answers to parliamentary questions (4 March 2025)

Written answers provided to oral and written parliamentary questions submitted by Workers’ Party Members of Parliament

4

Mar 2025

Budget debate speech by Gerald Giam: Addressing employment challenges for mid-career PMETs

Over 41,000 PMETs are unemployed, with 10,700 jobless for more than six months. Many have had to take up roles below their skill level or expected salary, or struggle to break into growth sectors despite their efforts to reskill. We need a more structured and targeted job placement programme and a returnship programme to help PMETs secure better jobs. Gerald Giam (WP-Aljunied) proposed these in his speech in Parliament today.

27

Feb 2025

Gerald Giam Yean Song

Budget debate speech by Faisal Manap: The sandwiched dilemma

In his budget speech, Aljunied MP Faisal Manap drew attention to the plight of the middle class in Singapore, sometimes described as the ‘sandwiched’ class, earning too much to qualify for the bulk of social assistance and support; but too little to have a significant financial cushion.

27

Feb 2025

Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap

Budget debate speech by Louis Chua: Observation of our reserves

In his budget speech, Sengkang MP Louis Chua spoke about the surprising reality of Singapore’s public finances over the years, where higher than expected surpluses have been common since 2021, in spite of repeated estimates of annual deficits. It begs the question of whether the Government is consistently collecting more than it needs, and if raising the GST was required.

27

Feb 2025

Chua Kheng Wee Louis

Budget debate speech by Sylvia Lim: Managing costs & resources for all

WP Chair and MP for Aljunied Sylvia Lim asked the government to do better in Budget marksmanship, managing the cost of living other than through handouts, and protecting vulnerable segments of society in her budget speech on the second day of the Budget debate 2025.

27

Feb 2025

Sylvia Lim Swee Lian

Written answers to parliamentary questions (27 February 2025)

Written answers provided to oral and written parliamentary questions submitted by Workers’ Party Members of Parliament

27

Feb 2025

Budget debate speech by He TIng Ru: Revisiting a development dashboard

In her 2025 Budget Speech, MP He Ting Ru (Sengkang) revisited the idea of using a developmental dashboard to better measure our social outcomes. Arguing that we have to approach our policies from a position of strength and abundance, rather than fear and scarcity, she also discussed how to apply the dashboard to areas such as inequality, participation in society, mental health and our readiness for the future, and to use it to measure outcomes, not just inputs. She hopes that with active input and participation from Singaporeans through fora such as Citizen’s Assemblies, the dashboard can be a channel through which we can shape our nation as we look to the next lap.

26

Feb 2025

Budget debate speech by Jamus Lim: Time for Wages to Rise

Since the pandemic, wages have fallen behind both increases in inflation as well as productivity. It is high time for salaries to rise, and there is more the government can do to expedite this adjustment, including ensuring that NWC guidelines are more widely adopted, equalising the employer share of CPF, and instituting a statutory minimum wage. Restoring the real purchasing power of wages is a sure-fire way to help working Singaporeans cope with sky-high costs of living.

26

Feb 2025

Budget debate speech by Dennis Tan

WP MP Dennis Tan (Hougang) spoke on Singapore’s green transition, improved support for adults with disabilities and enhancements to our healthcare system in his speech on the first day of the Budget debate.

26

Feb 2025

Dennis Tan Lip Fong

Leader of the Opposition‘s Budget 2025 Speech

The Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh (Aljunied) spoke about Singapore’s fiscal situation and the government’s fiscal marksmanship in his speech, amongst other issues, on the first day of the Budget debate.

26

Feb 2025

Policy

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News

Announcements and updates from the Workers’ Party

WP response to EBRC Report

Read the Workers’ Party’s response to the release of the Report of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee

11

Mar 2025

Media statement on Secretary-General Pritam Singh’s trial

Read our statement on LO Pritam Singh’s trial verdict #StepUp

17

Feb 2025

The Workers’ Party Secretary-General’s New Year Message 2025

Workers’ Party Secretary-General Pritam Singh reviews the Party’s parliamentary efforts in 2024, as we work to secure the people’s support for GE 2025

31

Dec 2024

WP Welcomes Policy Shifts, Calls for Deeper Reforms

The Workers’ Party is encouraged to see the policy changes announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in his maiden National Day Rally speech on 18 August 2024.

19

Aug 2024

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HOUGANG 后港

The Documentary

Three years in the making, Hougang 后港: The Documentary was released to coincide with the Workers’ Party’s 67^th anniversary, commemorating its role as one of Singapore’s oldest political institutions since its founding on 3 November 1957.

The film celebrates Hougang’s rich history and highlights its significant role in Singapore's political and cultural landscape. Watch it for free on YouTube today!

r/Singapore

“Brilliant”

“Wonderful”

“Amazing!”

Reginald Koh, The Financial Coconut

“Amazingly well done”

YouTube comment

“proud to be a son of Hougang”

South China Morning Post

“the story of the rise of the Workers’ Party under Low’s leadership”

Jom

“an important contribution to our national history”