AI Influence Profile
Desmond Tan
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Parliamentary AI record (2)
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transition with No Jobless Growth (Main Debate)
2026-05-06 · Parliament 15
On 6 May Parliament resumed debate on NTUC Secretary-General Ng Chee Meng's motion "An AI Transition with No Jobless Growth", with around 20 MPs speaking in the most substantive AI debate of the 15th Parliament to date. The motion asked the House to recognise AI's transformative power for Singapore's next phase of growth, anchor AI-enabled growth in fairness, resilience and opportunity for all, equip workers and enterprises, and affirm that Singapore must not have jobless growth. PAP and labour MPs focused on job redesign, Company Training Committees and the new Tripartite Jobs Council. Workers' Party MPs all supported the motion but proposed structural alternatives: Gerald Giam a National AI Equity Fund paying every adult citizen a $500 annual dividend plus an on-the-job mastery fund; Andre Low a redundancy insurance with no income ceiling, a retraining tax credit and an annual "AI gains audit"; Kenneth Tiong universal premium AI tool access and sovereign-level engagement with frontier AI firms. Manpower Minister Tan See Leng rejected the WP proposals as "a settlement" rather than empowerment, cited an MOM survey that only about 6% of AI-adopting firms cut headcount, and committed to studying a higher Jobseeker Support income threshold and earlier retrenchment notification. Speakers on both sides declared support for the motion.
Legal Provisions and Safeguards in Using TraceTogether Data
2021-01-04 · Parliament 14
MPs asked whether TraceTogether data would be used in criminal investigations and what legal safeguards apply. The government replied that the police can obtain such data under the Criminal Procedure Code, with strict access controls and penalties to protect data security. The debate centred on whether the data should be restricted to pandemic use, and whether use in criminal investigations would erode public trust and uptake.