Tenth Parliament Sitting On 20 March 2003 (11.00am

20/03/2003
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Hansard Vol 76.

1. Bills Introduced: Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill and Land Titles (Amendment) Bill.

2. Estimates of Expenditure for Financial Year 2003-4:
Ministry of Education (MOE). Topics: Replies by Parliamentary Secretary, Education, Hawazi Daipi; MOE's support for arts education; compliance with new pre-school curriculum; financial aid for preschoolers from low-income families; need to raise quality of pre-school teachers; training of teachers in special education (SPED) schools; many calls for more MOE support for SPED; appeals to subsume SPED teachers under MOE; more funds sought for upgrading of government-aided schools; pleas to extend Edusave use beyond three children; call to meet educational needs of local children returning from overseas; and replies by Senior Minister of State for Education, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Minister of State for Education, Dr Ng Eng Hen.

Speakers: Hawazi Daipi, Zainudin Nordin, Gan Kim Yong, Halimah Yacob, Dr Amy Khor, Fang Ai Lian, Braema Mathiaparanam, Ong Kian Min, Dr Ong Seh Hong, Chandra Mohan Nair, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Dr Ng Eng Hen and Dr Wang Kai Yuen.