11th Parliament Sitting On 11 February 2009 (3.30pm

11/02/2009
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English
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2009008192
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Hansard Vol 85.

Estimates of Expenditure for Financial Year 2009-2010:
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Topics: Replies by Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Yu-Foo Yee Shoon; fund-raising for charity sector; survival of voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) amidst global downturn; volunteerism; social

workers; plea for a bold and swift policy measure to raise the level of social work profession in Singapore; replies by Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan; social enterprises; call for further study on social economy; replies by Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Community Development, Youth and Sports, Teo Ser Luck; managing foreign presence in the workplace and community; and more replies by Dr Balakrishnan.

Speakers: Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Sin Boon Ann, Jessie Phua, Assoc Prof Kalyani Mehta, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Penny Low, Teo Ser Luck, and Heng Chee How.