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		<title>Means testing in acute care vs community hospitals</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2012/01/means-testing-in-acute-care-vs-community-hospitals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Health (a) whether means testing for patients at community hospitals and other step-down care facilities employs a different set of criteria from means testing for acute care hospitals; and (b) if so, what are these differences.]]></description>
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		<title>Deregulation, market competition and taxi fares</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Speaker, the fact remains that each time ComfortDelgro raises their fares, all the other companies follow suit. Does the Minister agree that this is a clear indicator that there is insufficient competition in the taxi market? And if so, in the absence of sufficient competition, will the Ministry of Transport (MOT) consider re-introducing some form of fare regulation?]]></description>
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		<title>Parliamentary Questions: COI on MRT service disruptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Transport whether the Committee of Inquiry on the MRT service disruptions will be investigating the regulatory structure and processes that are currently in place to ensure that MRT operators maintain high maintenance and safety standards; and (b) whether the Committee will be tasked to look into not just the recent major disruptions on the North-South line but also service disruptions on all MRT lines in the last two years.]]></description>
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		<title>Speech in Parliament on Ministerial salaries debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Speaker, I support some of the proposals in the White Paper, including the removal of pensions and the introduction of the National Bonus. However, I fundamentally disagree with the top-down approach of benchmarking Ministerial salaries to top income earners, as well as the principle of paying out huge bonuses to political leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>Parliamentary Questions (16 January 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have filed one question for the Health Minister and two for the Transport Minister for the Parliamentary sitting on Monday 16 January 2012. I will also be making a speech during the debate on the Ministerial Salaries during the sittings between 16 and 18 January. Look out for the video on the CNA website.]]></description>
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		<title>Appointment and removal of MRT CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Transport (a) whether LTA has to date exercised its power to impose conditions relating to the appointment, re-appointment or removal of MRT operators’ CEO, chairman or any of its directors; and (b) what criteria does the LTA use to decide when to impose such conditions.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternatives to constructing the North-South Expressway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Transport (a) whether other options were studied by the Ministry before it decided to build the North-South Expressway (NSE); (b) if so, what were the options and what were the reasons for building the NSE instead of pursuing these other options; and (c) whether the Government had considered the feasibility of adding a second level to the existing Central Expressway instead of building a new expressway.]]></description>
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		<title>Acquisition of properties in Rochor area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for National Development whether any consultation was done with residents and business owners before the decision was taken to acquire the HDB blocks, private properties and shops in the Rochor area (including Rochor Centre) to build the North-South Expressway.]]></description>
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		<title>Compensation for Rochor residents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for National Development what is the compensation that the residents of the flats in the Rochor area affected by the upcoming land acquisition will receive if they choose not to relocate to the new flats in Kallang.]]></description>
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		<title>Public sector doctors leaving for private sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Health what is the average age of public sector doctors leaving for private practice and how this figure compares with that of ten years ago.]]></description>
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