MEDICAL BENEFITS CLAIMED BY CIVIL SERVANTS FOR 1994 AND 1995

The following Question stood in the name of Mr Lau Ping Sum-

Mr Lau Ping Sum: To ask the Prime Minister what were the amounts of medical benefits claimed by civil servants for the years 1994 and 1995.

Mr Loh Meng See (Kampong Glam GRC): Question No. 6, Sir.

The Deputy Prime Minister (BG Lee Hsien Loong) (for the Prime Minister): Mr Speaker, Sir, the amounts of medical subsidy given to civil servants in 1994 and 1995 were as follows: FY 1994 $26.6 million FY 1995 $28.9 million These figures include the additional 1% Medisave contribution given by the Government in place of hospitalisation subsidy to officers who are on the Medisave-cum-Subsidised Outpatient (MSO) Scheme.