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OYK wishes Selamat Hari Raya to all his Muslims friends. :smile:

Ong Ye Kung

10 h ·
Selamat Hari Raya to all my Muslims friends!
This morning, we gathered at Singapore’s only Kampung Mosque, the Masjid Pertempatan, to connect with friends, neighbors and colleagues. I wish you and your loved ones an abundance of happiness, good health and blessings.
#MakeSembawangSpecial #okwithOYK

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OYK sits down to have a chat and a meal. :smile:

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OYK attended a seminar. :thumbsup:

Ong Ye Kung

1 d ·
Attended the Agency for Integrated Care - AIC Singapore’s Workplan Seminar today.
In 1992, AIC started as the Care Liaison Services. Back then, its focus was on placing sick elderly in nursing homes and chronic sick units.
Today, AIC has the critical task of integrating care. No longer just handling referrals to nursing homes, it supports transitions across hospitals and nursing homes, primary care, and community care.
Like the manager of a football team, AIC connects all the different parts of the healthcare system, to help us play as a team.
As I shared in Parliament last week, we have been preparing for a “super-aged” society. This is why we are reforming our healthcare system and AIC will play an important part in this reform.
Ministry of Health, Singapore cannot do this on our own. We will need the entire healthcare family to pull together. There is much to do. But if we succeed, we will reshape our healthcare system into a more sustainable one that better meets the needs of our ageing population.
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OYK compares himself to Kungfu Panda. :confused::o-o::roflmao:

Ong Ye Kung

4 d ·
What do post-surgery me and Kungfu Panda have in common?
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OYK went to a Bazaar. :wink:

Ong Ye Kung

14 April at 12:54 · Instagram ·
Had a good walk around at the Kampung Glam Ramadan Bazaar with @muhammadfaishalibrahim and @baeyyamkeng last night. Met a group of teachers (my former ministry) and a group of nurses (my current ministry) and I asked that we take a combined picture. Not difficult to tell the two groups apart!







 
OYK joined National Healthcare Group (NHG)’s Population Health Collective Workplan Seminar. :wink:

Ong Ye Kung

14 April at 18:19 ·
Joined National Healthcare Group (NHG)’s Population Health Collective Workplan Seminar today. This is an annual gathering of all community healthcare partners for the central region of Singapore.
I shared about the importance of everyone working together to support creating good health in communities and homes. Our healthcare clusters have an important role to orchestrate the work amongst all our partners.
In so doing, we need to empower our partners, and remove restrictive rules when necessary.
The next one to two years will be pivotal years for our healthcare transformation. With #HealthierSG on track and the support system for ageing in communities taking shape, we need to work out how our orchestra will play, by putting in place the right system of discipline and empowerment.
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from straitstimes.com:

Govt’s focus on policies encouraging kindness: Ong Ye Kung​

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It is easier for the Government to clamp down on specific unkind acts that harm others than it is to “mandate kindness”, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung. PHOTO: SINGAPORE KINDNESS MOVEMENT
Chen Xinyi
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25 APR 2023, 11:11 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE – During the Covid-19 crisis, Singaporeans banded together and ensured the nation came out on the other side.
Speaking at the close of the first National Kindness Conference on Tuesday at Capitol Theatre, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung recalled: “We were under so much pressure, but throughout the entire healthcare system, there was a lot of positive energy.
“Notwithstanding the urgent sense of crisis, everyone had everyone’s back. And because of that, we were able to get out of the crisis as a country with the cooperation of everyone.”

Mr Ong said it is important Singaporeans keep this positive energy involving kindness going.
“Kindness must start with everyone. It starts with you thinking about what you can do for others,” he noted.
“For the Government, we can have policies that bring out kindness in people. In the past, it had mostly been about proscribing what you could not do, for example, do not spit, do not litter, or you will be fined.

“However, we should focus on policies encouraging kind acts.”

He cited three examples of government policies with a significant impact in encouraging kindness.
The first was the National Environment Agency’s tray-return policy that kicked off in June 2021. It required diners to return their trays and clear their table litter after their meals at hawker centres, coffee shops and foodcourts.
“It was common to hear some people expressing concern that cleaner aunties and uncles may lose their jobs.”

However, Mr Ong pointed out, returning the trays and clearing the table of litter are also a form of kindness to the cleaners, many of whom are elderly. It frees up their time to focus on cleaning the tables and helps to make tables available more quickly for other diners.
He also cited Singapore’s “digital-first” approach to payment, pointing out that it is not “digital-only” with a total phasing out of cash and cheques as payment modes.
“It is a kind policy because it takes into account that there are Singaporeans who may not be digitally literate or proficient yet to embrace cashless payment totally,” he said.
Providing a non-digital avenue for these Singaporeans will not impose a major cost or efficiency burden on the system, and taking a more inclusive and understanding approach is more likely to bring about a greater acceptance of cashless payment.
“It may be counter-intuitive, but it is a kind approach,” he said.

Mr Ong’s final example was the Ministry of Health’s recently announced zero-tolerance policy against abuse and harassment of healthcare workers.
The new policy will come into force in the second half of this year, to ameliorate rising abuse and harassment of healthcare workers, the majority of whom have experienced or witnessed such instances.
“Since the new policy was announced last month, we have received mostly supportive feedback. It confirms our belief that the vast majority of the people we serve are appreciative of and respectful to healthcare workers,” said the Health Minister.

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MOH’s recent zero-tolerance policy against abuse of healthcare workers is one example of a Government policy to encourage kindness, said Mr Ong. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Ong noted that anxiety levels can be high in a hospital environment, and people can lose their cool and disagreements may arise.
Members of the public have feedback channels to report healthcare workers who act unprofessionally, and such feedback will be looked into seriously, he added.
“When caring for a patient, healthcare workers and the patients’ loved ones are always on the same side, even while expectations of the type and standard of care may differ occasionally.”
Abuse adds significant stress and emotional burden to healthcare workers, and negatively impacts patients’ rest and recovery, he said.
“It also affects (workers’) ability to carry out their duties effectively and is unfair to the great majority who are appreciative and respectful to healthcare workers.”
Mr Ong noted that many Singaporeans provide a service to others at some point or other in life or at work, be it as a public healthcare worker, security guard, waiter, salesperson, public service officer or MP.
“We are all in the same boat and and have experienced abuse at some point of time. All the more, we can empathise with each other, and collectively stand up against the minority who may be abusive.
“Together we can do much better and make Singapore a much kinder and more pleasant place to live in. With that positive energy, we can achieve so much more.”
 
from straitstimes.com:

Government may regulate insurance IP riders if cost of cancer care continues to escalate​

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More than 30,000 patients receive cancer treatment a year, of whom 84 per cent are treated in the public sector. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH
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Salma Khalik
Senior Health Correspondent
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24 APR 2023, 5:46 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE – The Government may have to step in to further regulate private healthcare insurance in Singapore if the cost of cancer care continues to escalate.
Addressing concerns raised by several MPs of extremely high rider coverage for cancer treatment, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Friday that his ministry is “monitoring cancer drug claims and coverage closely”.
If necessary, the Ministry of Health (MOH), together with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which regulates insurance companies, will “take further steps to regulate IPs and riders if costs continue to escalate”.

Mr Yip Hon Weng (Yio Chu Kang), one of several MPs raising questions on cancer cost, had asked if high rider coverage will affect the ministry’s efforts to curb rising costs of cancer treatments in Singapore.
Changes to cancer coverage for Integrated Shield Plans (IPs) – offered by private insurers to provide additional coverage on top of the MediShield Life component – came into effect in April.
As a result, these private insurers are allowed to pay only for drugs and treatments on the Cancer Drug List (CDL), and even then, such payments have to be capped. The list was released by MOH in August 2021.

Riders are meant to pay the bulk of the patient’s share of the bill not covered by the IP. But to continue offering policyholders almost unlimited coverage for all cancer care, several insurers now offer riders that practically pay any price for cancer treatments, including drugs not on the CDL.

Treatments on the CDL are clinically proven to be effective as well as cost-effective. The changes to cancer financing are an attempt to put the brakes on spiralling costs. Mr Ong said the CDL “is more extensive than similar listings” in most developed countries, including South Korea, Australia and Britain.
He added: “Overseas studies have found that about half of new cancer treatments were introduced without evidence of benefit to survival or quality of life. However, patients and their loved ones all hope for a cure.”
He said the CDL “sends a strong signal to patients and doctors to use clinically proven and cost-effective treatments”.

He urged people to consider the long-term cost of their insurance products against the level of protection they need.
He added: “We will review how to improve the transparency of cancer drug prices to help patients make informed decisions and encourage providers to calibrate their mark-ups.”
He said the price mark-up of cancer drugs by some healthcare providers may be significant, and that this practice was encouraged by the previous “as charged” coverage offered by IPs and riders that provided for “effectively limitless claims”.
With the changes to financing, the high cost of non-CDL treatments “will have to be reflected in the rider premiums rather than loaded onto MediShield Life and IP premiums for the broad majority. In other words, the high costs of non-cost effective drugs will not be socialised”, he said.

Responding to a query from Mr Louis Chua (Sengkang GRC) on whether the new rider coverage for cancer will drive up premiums, Mr Ong noted that such premiums need to be paid in cash and not from MediSave, unlike IPs.
He said now that riders provide higher cancer coverage, their premiums will need to be priced higher. If this results in fewer people buying riders, “I think we have addressed the problem”.
But if riders continue to be in high demand, notwithstanding high premiums, that would be a problem and the MOH and the MAS are prepared to step in.

Giving some background to the need for the change, Mr Ong said more than 30,000 patients receive cancer treatment a year, of whom 84 per cent are treated in the public sector.
“Annual government spending on cancer drug subsidies increased from about $12 million for about 50 drugs before the CDL announcement in August 2021 to around $80 million for more than 100 drugs from September 2022.”
With the introduction of the CDL, which became effective in September 2022 for coverage by MediShield Life and MediSave, and for IPs from April 2023, drug companies have reduced their prices – by an average of 30 per cent – so that their drugs can be included in the list.
Mr Ong also told Parliament that any money saved on the purchase of cancer drugs can be ploughed back into more subsidies.
 
OYK extends his heartfelt congratulations. :thumbsup:

Ong Ye Kung

23 h ·
After a hiatus of 2.5 years from the fire in September 2020, the Sembawang God of Wealth temple officially reopened its doors to devotees and residents this morning, 30 April 2023.
The temple is rebuilt with donations from the devotees, amounting close to $4 million.
Unfortunately, I was unable to officiate the re-opening of the temple as I am overseas.
Nevertheless I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the temple! I am sure it will continue to be a major community institution in Sembawang.
三巴旺财神庙两年前因大火而关闭,今天正式再次开幕。财神庙在三巴旺历史悠久,是老百姓心中重要的社区机制。每年的除夕夜和农历新年时期,信徒都纷纷到庙里上香拜拜。我今年犯太岁,也感谢财神庙帮我化解。可惜现在我在外国,不能参加开幕仪式。回国后,必定会拜访庙宇和理事们, 祝贺大家。
#MakeSembawangSpecial #OKwithOYK







 
OYK wishes Happy May Day to all his Labour Movement brothers and sisters. :wink:

Ong Ye Kung

13 h ·
Happy May Day to all my Labour Movement brothers and sisters.
In this first May Day in DORSCON Green, my special salute goes out to healthcare workers, who continue to carry a heavy burden on their shoulders. They need all our support and understanding.
This year, I had to be away for a personal overseas trip, and am unable to spend May Day at home. First time in some 17 years since I became part of the Labour Movement as CEO of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency in 2005, before spending a memorable part of my career in NTUC Singapore.
Thank you for all the friendship, dedication and hard work, and upholding the life that we cherish.
Happy May Day!
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OYK announces a milestone. :thumbsup:

Ong Ye Kung

1 d ·
Today marks another milestone in our healthcare transformation: the start of pre-enrolment for #HealthierSG.
If you are aged 40 years and above, with chronic illness, and are already seeing a Healthier SG-registered GP regularly, you will be progressively contacted by your GP clinic to pre-enrol on-site.
Benefits for residents on Healthier SG include:
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a free first Health Plan consultation
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3,000 Healthpoints (worth $20)
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free nationally-recommended screenings and vaccinations
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enhanced subsidies for selected whitelisted chronic medications, similar to those from polyclinics.
Do note that these benefits will take effect from July 2023, when we officially launch Healthier SG.
It is still early days in this journey. We seek your patience and support as we make this shift to preventive care.
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from straitstimes.com:

The gist: Prepping for a ‘super-aged’ S’pore in 2026, and lessons on preserving the peace from a Hokkien song​

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Work is already being done to cushion the effect of a "super-aged" population, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on April 20, 2023. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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Natasha Ann Zachariah
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20 APR 2023, 8:30 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE - Health Minister Ong Ye Kung spoke on how the country will deal with an ageing population, and debated with an opposition member on the need to balance current and future generations’ needs.
Here are the key takeaways from Thursday’s debate on the President’s Address for the opening of Parliament:

1. Preparing for a ‘super-aged’ society​

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Ageing is the biggest social transformation in Singapore for this generation as the country looks set to attain “super-aged” status in 2026, said Mr Ong. This means that by that year, at least 21 per cent of Singapore’s population will be older than 65 years old.

Why it matters​

In order to avoid a strain on the economy and the healthcare system, various measures are needed to cushion the effects of a “super-aged” population, which include a shrinking workforce and increasing healthcare costs.
Mr Ong reassured the House that work is already being done. From urban planning to healthcare reforms, he said there has been “more than a decade of head start before the problem caught up with us”.
Some measures include the Housing Board creating aged-friendly living environments to enable seniors to age in place, and gradually raising the retirement and re-employment ages to protect older workers from discrimination in the workforce.

A preventive care strategy called Healthier SG, where individuals are encouraged to work with a general practitioner to take charge of their health, is slated to be launched in July.

Beyond Healthier SG, Mr Ong added that the next major area of priority for the Ministry of Health is to build up community care “to get us all to do what is right for our health”.

2. Be environmental stewards now for future generations​

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In order for the Republic to fight climate change, Singapore’s social compact needs to be strengthened to ensure that the country remains sustainable for future generations, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu.

It is a battle that needs to be tackled on all fronts, from individual actions to setting aside resources for the future on the national level.
She called on everyone to do their part to inculcate good habits and sustainable behaviour, such as diners clearing up after themselves at hawker centres, and moving away from the prevalent “use and throw” culture.
Meanwhile, national initiatives such as strengthening Singapore’s flood resilience, shoring up coastal protection and ensuring food security require investment now.

Why it matters​

Ms Fu said Singaporeans have a shared responsibility to be caretakers and stewards of a country that will endure beyond them.
In these uncertain times, resource constraints and climate change are constant worries, but she said Singaporeans do not need to be “helpless bystanders”.
Difficult trade-offs like setting aside financial resources are to be expected, while long-term planning will be necessary. This way, Singapore can transform its challenges into strengths, she added.

If you have a few more minutes….​

Lessons from a Hokkien song and the fable of a fox​

Keeping things 50-50 is sometimes the best and most wise way to preserve the peace, said Mr Ong. He and Workers’ Party (WP) MP Leon Perera (Aljunied GRC) disagreed on how to strike a balance between the needs of current and future generations when using the Net Investment Returns Contribution (NIRC).
Mr Ong shot down the WP’s suggestion to draw 60 per cent of the NIRC for government spending to make up for the revenue loss from the goods and services tax hike, up from half now. He called it a fundamental difference between the WP and PAP.
To illustrate his point about balancing needs, Mr Ong quoted from the Hokkien song Jit Lang Jit Pua, which describes how if there is one half for each person, relationships and peace will be preserved.
He followed with a fable about a sly fox, which was tasked to divide a piece of meat equally between two other animals. The fox ended up eating all of it, after taking multiple bites to even out the divided piece of meat.
Mr Ong said: “It is a matter of values, principles. (For) future generations that are not born, we should honour half-half. And it is in our Constitution now, we don’t want to change it too easily.”

WP MP calls for clearer definition on discrimination in upcoming legislation​

WP MP He Ting Ru (Sengkang GRC) applauded the upcoming anti-discrimination legislation for the workplace.
However, she noted that the interim report on recommendations published earlier in 2023 by the Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness does not prohibit sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. The committee was convened in July 2021.
She called these omissions “glaring”, following 2022’s repeal of Section 377A of the Penal Code.
Ms He also said it was unclear whether only direct discrimination will be covered, and cited a Milieu survey that found that indirect discrimination was the common form of discrimination. The latter refers to situations when policies, practices or procedures appear to treat everyone equally but, in practice, are less fair to certain groups of people because of a particular characteristic.
Upcoming legislation should make clear that all forms of discrimination will not be tolerated in Singapore, and prohibit all types of discrimination, she said.
 
OYK is preparing to deal with oldpeople. :cautious::eek::tongue:

Ong Ye Kung

9 h ·
By 2026, Singapore will become a 'super aged' society. Here's how we are preparing for it.
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from straitstimes.com:

Differing views part of politics, but debates should not tear at seams of society: Ong Ye Kung​

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MPs can debate and spar, but should not “tear at the seams of our society", said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in Parliament on April 20, 2023. PHOTO: GOV.SG
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Goh Yan Han
Political Correspondent
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20 APR 2023, 11:14 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE - From foreign workers to how government spending is funded, airing different views is part of politics, but debates in the House should not pit one group against another, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Thursday.
MPs can debate and spar, but should not “tear at the seams of our society, and if we keep doing that, it will sow disunity and divide our society”, he said in Parliament in response to points raised by two opposition MPs earlier in the debate on the President’s Address.
On Tuesday, Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai alleged that the People’s Action Party (PAP) Government had tried to paint the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) as xenophobic, nativist and even racist when the PSP had merely sought to give voice to the anxieties and concerns of Singaporean workers.

Mr Ong said the Government has always acknowledged concerns raised by various members of the House, including by the PSP. This includes Singaporeans’ anxieties about jobs and competition in a globalised and fast-changing economy, and the affordability and accessibility of HDB flats.
“We are working hard to adjust policies, and make deliberate efforts to address these issues,” he said. “But I hope Mr Leong will also acknowledge the serious concern we have over the way he raises and debates issues.”
Mr Ong cited the debate in July 2021 on the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Ceca) between Singapore and India, which came after “much demonising” of the agreement, with the discourse taking “a worrying racial undertone”.

Mr Ong, a former free trade agreement negotiator, delivered a ministerial statement in the House on the pact, and explained to parliamentarians how Ceca preserved Singapore’s right to impose immigration policies and work pass conditions for foreign nationals who want to work here.

But when Mr Leong, who is PSP chief, filed a motion on foreign talent policy in September 2021, he continued to refer to Ceca as a cause of widespread anxiety among Singaporeans on jobs and livelihoods, said Mr Ong.
This “did little to reduce the raw emotions and misimpressions on Ceca that had been stoked”, said Mr Ong. “It was as if my ministerial statement and explanation in July 2021 did not take place.”
Mr Leong and the PSP know that race issues can be played up in multiracial Singapore, he added. “Our harmony is hard-earned. Let’s not take it for granted.”

Non-Constituency MP Hazel Poa said in response that her party was not targeting any particular race, but had in that debate pointed out that the increase in foreign workers of a particular nationality was outpacing that of other nationalities.
The Government’s new Complementarity Assessment Framework for employment pass applications, which includes nationality as a criterion, is recognition that this is a valid concern, she added.
Mr Ong replied that the Government has always acknowledged the angst and anxiety of Singaporeans on many issues. “But we will see. Let’s see how the debate moves on henceforth,” he said.

Fundamental differences between PAP and WP on Govt revenue, reserves​

Addressing Workers’ Party (WP) MP Leon Perera’s speech, Mr Ong said Mr Perera had asserted that the Government tries to push a single “dominant narrative”, without regard to alternatives raised by the WP.
“This cannot be true. If not, we will not be having such extensive debates on so many issues in this House,” said Mr Ong.
When ideas are raised in the House, they are welcomed and taken in when appropriate, regardless of party. Many ideas are not fundamentally at odds with existing policies but instead build on them. And when the Government has a different view, it explains why, Mr Ong added.
“Very often, the WP as opposition wants more of what is already being done. Whatever the Government proposes, ask for more. So here is one difference between our two parties. I don’t think it’s a major one, and is again part and parcel of political contestation,” he said.

But there is a fundamental difference when it comes to the WP’s ideas for the Budget, said Mr Ong. To do more, one has to spend more, and one has to say where the money comes from, he said.
The WP has never supported the goods and services tax (GST) system, he noted. An alternative budget without the GST simply cannot work and is not a viable alternative, he added.
“You cannot give up a major source of revenue and yet want to spend more in so many areas. I’m new to this subject, I may have misunderstood WP’s position. Perhaps it has changed its long-held position and now accepts that GST is needed, but merely objects to the increase from 7 per cent to 9 per cent,” said Mr Ong.
In response, Mr Perera said the WP had in 2018 said it accepted the reality of the GST being at 7 per cent, acknowledged that the substantial revenue it generates was a structural part of the Government’s revenue, and that too many trade-offs would be involved if the tax was scrapped.
The party opposes the two percentage point hike and has put forth proposals for other ways to cover that part of revenue, he clarified.
To make up for loss of revenue from the two percentage point increase in GST, the WP had proposed drawing 60 per cent of the Net Investment Returns Contribution (NIRC) for government spending, up from half now.
The NIRC currently pays for about one-fifth of government spending. It consists of up to 50 per cent of the net investment returns on the net assets invested by GIC, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Temasek, and up to 50 per cent of the net investment income derived from past reserves from the remaining assets.

Mr Ong said the Government will not agree to this proposal, and that this is also a fundamental difference between the PAP and the WP that has to do with the ruling party’s values and beliefs.
The Government’s view is that the reserves belong to all generations of Singaporeans, current and future, and have to be safeguarded, he said.
“It is very tempting, even seductive, to say, let’s shift from half-half to 60-40. But we debated and enshrined the fiscal rules in our Constitution not that long ago,” said Mr Ong.
“We should not, at the first sign of need, push for changes in the rules just to take the easy way out.”
 
OYK organizes cycling activity. :wink:

Ong Ye Kung

6 h · Instagram ·
Sembawang Central started our regular cycling activity this morning. It will be held once every two months as a start. This is one of our many efforts to organise more group physical activities for residents, in support of Healthier SG. #makesembawangspecial







 
OYK thanks nominated MPs. :thumbsup:

Ong Ye Kung

1 h ·
Our Nominated MPs' term will come to an end in mid-July 2023. Before they go, they decided to table a Motion in Parliament, to urge all Government agencies to support Ministry of Health, Singapore in taking care of the health of Singaporeans.
I thank Dr Tan Yia Swam, Dr Shahira Abdullah and Mr Abdul Samad for tabling this Motion, and pointing out passionately that health is everyone’s concern. This is especially important given our ageing population.
Let us all continue to advocate for a better healthcare system for everyone, so Health is for All, and All is for Health.
Read my full speech at https://go.gov.sg/healthforall

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OYK celebrated the 40th anniversary of Bright Hill Evergreen Home and the official opening of the new Sunflower Block. :thumbsup:

Ong Ye Kung

3 h ·
Celebrated the 40th anniversary of Bright Hill Evergreen Home and the official opening of the new Sunflower Block today.
Bright Hill started out in the 1980s within the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery. Back then, they mainly cared for early migrants, coolies and samsui women.
Today, they have grown in both bed capacity, and kept up with evolving care models and service demands.
This new Sunflower block houses 188 beds and started operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, at a time when we needed them most.
Bright Hill has been steadfast and resilient in caring for our seniors over the past four decades. I wish them many more fruitful years of providing warmth and comfort to our seniors.

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OYK met with Dr Richard Hatchett. :smile:

Ong Ye Kung

11 h ·
Met with Dr Richard Hatchett, CEO of CEPI, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. They are working with scientists and pharma companies around the world to develop a vaccine within 100 days, when the next pandemic arrives. It is called the 100-day mission. Singapore is contributing to this global effort.

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