SINGAPORE, Oct 5 — A debate on defining what is a basic need for households played out in Parliament yesterday, as questions were raised about whether items such as perfume,...
Eric Chua , Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development, and Associate Professor Jamus Lim , Workers’ Party Member of Parliament, debating on items that are basic needs for lower-income households.
Chua highlighted how the MIS report had itself stated that it looked beyond “basic needs like housing, food, clothing”, to also account for “what it takes to enable a sense of belonging, respect, security independence”. The debate arose after Ang Wei Neng, Member of Parliament for West Coast Group Representation Constituency , filed a parliamentary question in view of the report’s findings, asking whether MSF would consider adjusting the financial aids it rendered to low-income families.
Further challenging what constitutes a basic need or aspirational goods such as perfume, Associate Professor Jamus Lim, Workers’ Party MP for Sengkang GRC, said: “Of course, many Singaporeans will understand as well that in a hot and humid climate like our own, being presentable, smelling normal, would be something that many jobseekers would require in order to have some dignity when they go for a job interview or when they go to work.
Ang later posed a supplementary question asking if MSF would consider producing its own report should it disagree with the findings of the MIS report, “which is internationally conducted in many countries”, so that it may better convince Singaporeans.
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