Singapore's 15th parliament to open on Sept 5 The Singapore Parliament. PHOTO: Facebook/Indranee Rajah   Singapore's 15th Parliament will hold its first session on Sept 5 at 5pm. The sitting would commence with the election of the Speaker and the swearing-in of Members of the Parliament (MP) who were elected during General Election 2025, said Leader of the House Indranee Rajah in a media release on Friday (June 13). Seah Kian Peng has been serving as Speaker since 2023.   President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will then deliver his opening address, where he will outline the priorities, policies and programmes of the Government. Debates on the President's Address will subsequently occur between Sept 22 and 26. The 14th Parliament was dissolved on April 15 ahead of the General Election on May 3.   The 15th Parliament will have 99 MPs consisting of 97 elected MPs and two Non-Constituency MPs comprising Andre Low and Eileen Chong from the Workers' Party. Indranee also posted about the upcoming Parliament session on Facebook, noting: "While MPs are already on the ground doing their constituency work, the parliamentary work begins only after the Official Opening of Parliament.  "As Leader of the House, one of my responsibilities is to liaise with Parliament on the arrangement of Parliamentary business." She shared further that "work is currently ongoing" about outlining the Government's agenda for the new term, which will be discussed in the President Tharman's address. "The President's Address will set out our strategies and key policies to steer Singapore through the current challenging geopolitical climate and economic uncertainties, and secure a brighter future ahead for Singaporeans and our nation," Indranee added.   Source : https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/singapores-15th-parliament-open-sept-5

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The Singapore government will be paying all civil servants a mid-year bonus of 0.4 months. Specifically, those in grades equivalent to MX13(I) and MX14 will receive an additional one-time payment of S$250, announced the Public Service Division (PSD) in a Jun. 16 media release.   Those in grades equivalent to MX15 and MX16 and those in the Operations Support Scheme (OSS) will receive a higher one-time payment of S$400. According to PSD, the mid-year Annual Variable Component (AVC) was calculated "in close consultation with public unions". The amount also takes into consideration Singapore's economic performance in the first quarter of 2025 and the "subdued economic outlook" for the year.   "Given the forecast of weaker gross domestic product (GDP) growth and the downside economic risks, the public sector unions and the government will jointly monitor the economic performance for the rest of the year and will calibrate the year-end payments accordingly," said PSD.   In 2024, civil servants in Singapore received a mid-year bonus of 0.45 months and a year-end bonus of 1.05 months.