TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME

Mr Simon S C Tay asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether any country has received or applied for technical assistance for the environment under the US$3 million scheme announced by the Prime Minister in conjunction with the special United Nations session on the environment in June 1997.

Prof S Jayakumar: Under the Singapore Technical Assistance Programme for Sustainable Development (STAPSD) referred to by the Member, Singapore has to date conducted 8 environment-related courses including urban management, water supply engineering, building services and environmental technology. A total of 130 Government officials from 28 developing countries from the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Middle East have come to Singapore to attend these environment-related courses.