Clarification by Minister of State for Trade and Industry

The following statements were in the reply given by the Minister of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Low Yen Ling) to Question No 1 on the Order Paper for the Sitting of 3 August 2023:

(a)

The Minister of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Low Yen Ling) The Minister of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Low Yen Ling):

The Minister of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Low Yen Ling): JMCIM was set up 16 years ago in 2007. It was set up by both our Prime Ministers and it has been meeting every year.

(b) The Minister of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Low Yen Ling) : I have explained that the JS-SEZ will sit under the auspice of the JMCIM. And if I could use the data-points since COVID-19 measures were lifted, from January to June 2022, Singapore was Johor's second largest foreign investor after Japan. [Please refer to "Opportunities for Business, Jobs, Tourism and Leisure from Proposed Establishment of Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone", Official Report, 3 August 2023, Vol 95, Issue 110, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

Written statement by Ms Low Yen Ling circulated with leave of the Speaker in accordance with Standing Order No 29(5):

I wish to make the following factual corrections to the reply given to Question No 1 at the Sitting of 3 August 2023. My reply should read as follows:

(a) The Minister of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Low Yen Ling) : JMCIM was set up 16 years ago in 2007. It was set up by both our Prime Ministers and it has been meeting

almost: every year.

(b)

The Minister of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Low Yen Ling): I have explained that the JS-SEZ will sit under the auspice of the JMCIM. And if I could use the data-points since COVID-19 measures were lifted, from January to June 2022, Singapore was Johor's second largest foreign investor after

China: .