Full-page Advertisement in Business Times for Recipients of Singapore Business Awards 2023

Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) whether any public funds were spent in taking out the full-page advertisement in the Business Times on 3 August 2023 by the Advisor to Yuhua Grassroots Organisations and various grassroots leaders to recipients of the Singapore Business Awards 2023; (b) if yes, from which agency the funds came from and how much was spent; and (c) what was the rationale behind taking out the advertisement.

Mr Edwin Tong Chun Fai: No public funds were spent on the advertisement in the Business Times on 3 August 2023.