Ninth Parliament Sitting On 9 March 2001 (3.45pm - 4.50pm)
- Parliament of Singapore Fonds
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- 09/03/2001
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- 01:05:41
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- English
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2001000612
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Synopsis :Hansard Vol 73.
Estimates of Expenditure for Financial Year 2001-2:
1. Ministry of Law. Topics: Changes in legal framework to gear up for knowledge-based economy; shortage of lawyers; call for stricter intellectual property laws; recommendations of Attorney-General's Committee; replies by Minister for Law; Prof S Jayakumar; cost of access to legal services (review means test, make legal aid more flexible); call to review mandatory jail sentences for landlords who harbour illegal immigrants and replies by Minister of State for Law, Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee.
2. Ministry of Information and the Arts. Topic: Call to clearly define criteria for state funding of the arts.
Speakers: Assoc Prof Chin Tet Yung, Assoc Prof Toh See Kiat, Chng Hee Kok, S. Iswaran, Prof S Jayakumar, Kenneth Chen, Sin Boon Ann, K. Shanmugam, Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee, Chew Heng Ching and Dr Jennifer Lee.
