新加坡：国会于周三（10月7日）讨论了多个议题，包括协助公众核实政府官员身份的努力，以及新加坡的借贷成本问题。
SINGAPORE: Parliament on Wednesday (Oct 7) covered a range of issues, from efforts to help the public verify government officers to Singapore’s borrowing costs.
国会获悉，小学一年级入学登记框架的修订将从2027年起实施，且没有过渡期，尽管多位议员呼吁给予家庭更多时间适应。这些修订包括将大多数小学第二阶段C类学位的数量从40个增加到60个。
The House heard that changes to the Primary 1 registration framework will go ahead from 2027 without a transition period, despite calls from several MPs to give families more time to adjust. The changes include increasing the number of Phase 2C places at most primary schools from 40 to 60.
议员们还就数据中心更严格的规定对竞争力和可持续性的影响提出了疑问，并讨论了新的交通法规，该法规将加强针对主动移动设备销售和广告的管理规则，以及其他相关调整。以下是周三国会讨论的另外六个议题。
MPs also raised questions about the impact of tighter regulations for data centres on competitiveness and sustainability, and debated new transport laws that would strengthen rules governing the sale and advertising of active mobility devices, among other changes. Here are six other issues discussed in parliament on Wednesday.
为何未就以色列代表团访问的报道发布POFMA指令？新加坡资深部长兼内政部长K·山穆加姆在一份书面国会答复中表示，由于未达到公共利益标准，因此未就以色列媒体关于新加坡与以色列安全官员会面的报道发布《防止网络虚假与操控法》（POFMA）的更正指令。
WHY NO POFMA OVER REPORT ABOUT ISRAELI DELEGATION VISIT A Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) correction direction was not issued over an Israeli media report about a meeting between Singapore and Israeli security officials because the public interest threshold was not met, Senior Minister and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said in a written parliamentary reply.
山穆加姆先生称，《国土报》关于此次会面的报道“完全虚假”，但其部门当时基于法律意见的评估认为，依据新加坡的网络虚假信息法律，尚未满足以公共利益为由发布指令的条件。
Mr Shanmugam said the Haaretz newspaper’s claims about the meeting were “categorically false”, but his ministry’s assessment at the time, based on legal advice, was that the public interest grounds for issuing a direction under Singapore’s online falsehoods law were not met.
他补充说：“然而，这并不排除在情况发生实质性变化并需要重新评估时，后续发布POFMA指令的可能性。”
“This does not, however, preclude the subsequent issuance of a POFMA direction should circumstances materially change and warrant a different assessment,” he said.
山穆加姆先生同时也是国家安全协调部长。他此次答复的是工人党阿顺益选区议员法德利·法兹的提问。法兹询问为何未对《国土报》发布POFMA更正令，并追问新加坡是否要求此次会面保密，以及是否讨论了约旦河西岸的非法定居点及定居者暴力问题。
Mr Shanmugam, who is also coordinating minister for national security, was responding to Workers’ Party Aljunied MP Fadli Fawzi, who asked why a POFMA correction order was not issued against Haaretz. He also asked whether Singapore had requested that the meeting be kept secret and whether illegal settlements and settler violence in the West Bank were discussed.
《哈阿雷茨报》9月报道称，以色列监狱管理局和国家安全部的一个代表团曾对新加坡进行“秘密访问”，并在访问期间讨论了死刑问题。内政部（MHA）随后驳斥了这一报道，称此次会议涉及在应急响应、犯罪预防和法证等领域分享最佳实践。
Haaretz reported in September that a delegation from Israel’s Prison Service and National Security Ministry had made a “secret visit” to Singapore and that the subject of the death penalty came up during the visit. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) subsequently rejected the report, saying that the meeting involved the sharing of best practices in areas such as emergency response, crime prevention and forensics.
周三，尚穆根先生表示，新加坡与外国同行的交流属于机密性质，出于安全考虑，通常不会公开。自2025年1月以来，内政部已与外国同行举行了11次官员级别的双边交流，其中包括来自中东的多个代表团，但仅在对方请求下，就其中一次交流发布了新闻稿。
On Wednesday, Mr Shanmugam said Singapore’s exchanges with foreign counterparts are confidential and generally not publicised because of security concerns. Since January 2025, MHA has held 11 officials-level bilateral exchanges with foreign counterparts, including several from the Middle East, and issued a press release for only one, at the counterpart’s request.
尚穆根先生补充说，如果法德利先生认为内政部应利用此类接触表达对某国政策或行为的关切，那么他应该澄清这种做法是“仅适用于以色列，还是始终适用于内政部交往的所有国家”。
Mr Shanmugam added that if Mr Fadli believes MHA should use such engagements to raise concerns about a country’s policies or conduct, he should clarify whether this should apply “only to Israel, or consistently to all countries with which MHA engages”.
这位部长问道：“例如，当内政部与其他中东或亚洲国家举行业务讨论时，我们是否也应该提出新加坡可能对其行为或政策存在的关切？”
“For example, when MHA holds operational discussions with other Middle Eastern or Asian countries, should we also raise the concerns Singapore may have with their conduct or policies?” the minister asked.
“如果这是议员的立场，政府将很感兴趣地了解，他提出这种做法将如何服务于新加坡的整体利益。”政府名录简化工作新加坡数字发展及信息部高级政务部长贾斯敏·劳表示，在简化新加坡政府名录后，各机构服务质量管理者的联系方式已被更加突出地展示。
“If that is the member’s position, the government would be interested to understand how he proposes that such an approach would serve Singapore’s overall interests.”STREAMLINING OF GOVERNMENT DIRECTORY Contact details for quality service managers of agencies have been made more prominent after the streamlining of the Singapore Government Directory, Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Jasmin Lau said.
此举让公众能够核实联系他们的官员身份。劳女士同时兼任人力部长，她表示，如需跟进已有问题，公众可以使用此前与该机构官方通信中的联系方式。
This lets members of the public verify the identity of an officer who contacts them. For follow-ups on existing issues, they may use the contact details in earlier official correspondence with the agency, said Ms Lau, who is also acting minister for manpower.
今年早些时候，部分公职人员的姓名、电子邮件地址和办公室电话号码已被移除，以防止诈骗者滥用。
Some public officers' names, email addresses and office phone numbers were removed earlier this year to curb misuse by scammers.
她表示，为帮助公众识别合法来电，政府将于今年晚些时候为各机构来电引入统一的电话号码前缀和易于识别的来电者名称。
To help the public identify legitimate calls, the government will introduce a common phone number prefix and a recognisable caller name for calls from its agencies later this year, she said.
新加坡金融管理局副主席陈鸿德表示，新加坡的利率上涨幅度小于其他国家，这反映出其稳健的财政基本面，使新加坡政府证券的需求保持健康。
BORROWING COSTS Interest rates in Singapore have risen less than in other countries, reflecting strong fiscal fundamentals that have kept demand for Singapore Government Securities healthy, Monetary Authority of Singapore deputy chairman Chee Hong Tat said.
陈鸿德同时也是国家发展部长，他在回答有关美国国债收益率持续上升如何影响新加坡借贷成本和信贷可得性的问题时作出上述回应。
Mr Chee, who is also national development minister, was responding to a question on how sustained rises in US Treasury yields have affected Singapore's borrowing costs and credit availability.
他表示，借贷成本总体上仍与历史水平基本一致。新加坡政府证券10年期收益率目前为2.5%，而过去10年的平均约为2.2%。
He said borrowing costs remain broadly in line with historical levels. The 10-year Singapore Government Securities yield is at 2.5 per cent, against its 10-year average of about 2.2 per cent.
作为国内贷款基准的三个月期新加坡隔夜利率平均值（SORA）目前为1.2%，低于其过去10年的平均水平1.5%。
The three-month compounded Singapore Overnight Rate Average, a benchmark for domestic loans, is at 1.2 per cent, below its 10-year average of 1.5 per cent.
员工医疗福利：人力部及其三方合作伙伴正在研究如何鼓励雇主提供超出法定要求的医疗保健福利，代理人力部长劳洁敏表示。
MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES The Ministry of Manpower and its tripartite partners are studying how to encourage employers to offer healthcare benefits beyond statutory requirements, Acting Minister for Manpower Jasmin Lau said.
此类福利包括报销超出诊疗费的医疗费用，以及无需提供医疗证明即可享受带薪病假。
Such benefits include reimbursing medical expenses beyond consultation fees and providing paid sick leave without requiring a medical certificate.
该部2024年对雇主进行的调查显示，约30%的雇主提供无需医疗证明的带薪病假，高于2023年的约27%。
About 30 per cent of employers surveyed by the ministry offered paid sick leave without a medical certificate in 2024, up from around 27 per cent in 2023.
自动驾驶车辆对驾驶员的影响：交通部长谢伟杰在一份书面议会答复中表示，自动驾驶车辆（AV）的推广预计不会对驾驶员的工作和生计产生“任何直接影响”。
IMPACT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ON DRIVERS The roll-out of autonomous vehicles (AV) is not expected to have "any immediate impact" on driver jobs and livelihoods, Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow said in a written parliamentary reply.
“自动驾驶汽车的数量在所有活跃出租车和私人租赁车司机总数中所占的比例非常小，目前这一总数为7.2万名司机，”他说。
"The number of autonomous vehicles is a very small percentage of the total number of active taxi and private hire car drivers, which currently stands at 72,000," he said.
Siow先生补充说，到2028年底，新加坡可能会有数百辆自动驾驶乘用车投入运营，但这些车辆将部署在多种“受限使用场景”中，因为该国仍处于安全验证以及建立市场需求和接受度的阶段。
By end-2028, there may be several hundred autonomous passenger vehicles in Singapore, deployed across various "constrained use cases" as the country remains in the phase of safety validation and establishing market demand and acceptance, Mr Siow added.
“虽然无法预测五年后新加坡会有多少辆自动驾驶汽车，但可以几乎肯定的是，点对点运输服务的大多数仍将由人类司机提供，”他在回应多位议员关于在自动驾驶汽车部署背景下如何支持出租车和私人租赁车司机的问题时说道。
"While it is not possible to predict how many autonomous vehicles will be in Singapore in five years, it is almost certain that the majority of point-to-point transport will be provided by human drivers," he said in response to questions from several MPs on support for taxi and private-hire drivers amid AV deployment.
议员Yeo Wan Ling（人民行动党-文礼选区）曾询问是否应通过设置自动驾驶汽车数量上限等保障措施来控制其推广速度。对此，Siow先生说：“我们不应这样做，因为我们的交通需求仍在持续增长。”与怀孕相关的歧视投诉在一份书面议会答复中，人力部代部长Jasmin Lau表示，2019年至2025年间，三方公平与进步就业实践联盟（TAFEP）共收到49起与怀孕相关的歧视投诉。
MP Yeo Wan Ling (PAP-Punggol) had asked about safeguards such as a cap on AVs to pace the roll-out. To this, Mr Siow said: "We should not do so as our transport needs are still growing." PREGNANCY-RELATED DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS In a written parliamentary response, Acting Minister for Manpower Jasmin Lau said the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) received 49 pregnancy-related discrimination complaints between 2019 and 2025.
她说：“只要有证据表明存在歧视性就业行为，TAFEP就会将这些投诉转交给人力部（MOM）进行调查。”她还补充说，人力部可根据案件严重程度采取执法行动。
"Where there is evidence of discriminatory employment practices, TAFEP will refer the complaints to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for investigation," she said, adding that the ministry could take enforcement action depending on the severity of the case.
这些措施包括要求雇主纠正其人力资源流程中的缺陷，或暂停其雇佣外籍工人的资格。
This includes requiring employers to rectify the lapses in their human resource processes or suspending their access to foreign workers.
Lau女士是在回应工人党Aljunied选区议员Fadli Fawzi的提问。该议员询问了自2017年以来，每年向TAFEP提出的与怀孕相关歧视投诉的数量。
Ms Lau was responding to Workers' Party Aljunied MP Fadli Fawzi, who asked about the number of complaints made to TAFEP regarding pregnancy-related discrimination every year since 2017.
新加坡通讯社（CNA）在9月底报道，一名因怀孕和即将休产假而被不合法解雇的女性，经就业索赔法庭（ECT）裁决，获得了19,800新元（约合15,500美元）的赔偿。
CNA reported in late September that a woman who was wrongfully dismissed because of her pregnancy and upcoming maternity leave was awarded S$19,800 (US$15,500) by an Employment Claims Tribunals (ECT).
刘女士周三表示，因怀孕而被解雇的员工也可以向三方联盟争议处理机构（TADM）提出 wrongful dismissal（不当解雇）索赔。
Ms Lau said on Wednesday that employees who are dismissed because of their pregnancy may also file a wrongful dismissal claim at the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM).
刘女士称，在2019年4月至2025年期间，共有387起关于怀孕期间不当解雇的赔偿或恢复职位的索赔案件提交至TADM。其中，301起（即78%）在TADM得到了解决。
Between April 2019 and 2025, 387 claims for compensation or reinstatement for wrongful dismissal during pregnancy were filed at TADM. Of these, 301 – or 78 per cent – were resolved at TADM, said Ms Lau.
她补充说，其余86起案件获得了案件转介证明，使索赔人可以向ECT提起诉讼。在ECT处理的72起案件中，有27起（即38%）裁定向员工支付赔偿。
The remaining 86 were issued with case referral certificates, allowing claimants to file claims with the ECT, she added. The ECT awarded compensation in favour of employees in 27 – or 38 per cent – of the 72 claims filed.
根据计划于2027年底生效的《工作场所公平法》，雇主基于受保护特征（包括怀孕）做出不利雇佣决定的行为将被视为非法。
Under the Workplace Fairness Act, which is scheduled to take effect by the end of 2027, it will be unlawful for employers to make adverse employment decisions based on protected characteristics, including pregnancy.