MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Committee of Supply 2025

To encourage more households to take climate action, NEA and PUB will further enhance the Climate Friendly Households Programme.

From 15 Apr 2025, eligible HDB households will receive an additional $100 in Climate Vouchers, on top of the existing $300 offered in 2024. The programme will also be expanded to include Singapore Citizen households living in private residential properties. This means that eligible HDB and private households can claim a total of $400 worth of Climate Vouchers, which are valid until 31 Dec 2027.

By switching to more resource efficient appliances and fittings, households can reduce their energy and/or water consumption, lower their utility bills, and help to tackle climate change. 

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A new Weather Science Research Programme (WSRP) has been launched to enhance Singapore’s ability to understand and predict our tropical urban weather, including extreme weather arising from climate change.

The new programme aims to build weather science capability in the national research ecosystem. The Centre for Climate Research Singapore will collaborate with local research institutions to incorporate the latest scientific and technological developments such as Artificial Intelligence. A key initiative under the WSRP is to create a detailed historical weather re-analysis over recent decades for Southeast Asia – the first of its kind in the region.

Funded under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2025 Plan, the WSRP is now open for research proposals from local research institutions.

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The Alliance for Action on Packaging Waste Reduction for the E-commerce Sector has published a set of Guidelines on Sustainable E-commerce Packaging.

Apart from a list of 3R solutions tailored to various types of e-commerce packaging, the Guidelines also provide operating models for e-commerce marketplaces to promote sustainable packaging to consumers, and drive awareness and responsibilities among suppliers.

Also included in the Guidelines is a scorecard that company leaders can use to assess the maturity of their management practices in relation to sustainable packaging, and pinpoint areas for improvement.

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Over the next 20 to 30 years, MSE and NEA will invest up to $1 billion to upgrade existing hawker centres and build another 5 new hawker centres.

Through the Hawker Centre Upgrading Programme 2.0, hawker centre infrastructure will be upgraded to be more vibrant, accessible, with climate-resilient community spaces. Hawkers can also look forward to a more conducive work environment.

To better serve residents, 5 additional new hawker centres will be built. 2 new hawker centres will also open at Bukit Batok West and Punggol Coast.

To celebrate SG60 and the 5th anniversary of the inscription of Singapore’s Hawker Culture on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, cooked food and market stallholders across all hawker centres and markets managed by the Government or Government-appointed operators will receive a one-off rental support of $600 per stall.

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