Minimum Attendance to Proceed with Public Forum

Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Communications and Information (a) how many people registered for the REACH Public Forum on the Elected Presidency on 29 September 2016; (b) what was the intended attendance and how was it derived; (c) what is the threshold for attendance below which it is deemed necessary to cancel such forums; and (d) who made the final decision on cancelling that particular event.

Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim: The target number of participants for the REACH Public Forum on the Elected Presidency on 29 September was 320. Only 80 signed up as at 27 September. As 30% of sign-ups typically do not turn up for REACH events, REACH decided to cancel the Forum due to the poor attendance. All registered participants were informed of the cancellation, and are welcomed to attend another of REACH’s dialogues, or provide their feedback through the REACH website.