{"id":15611,"date":"2024-01-14T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/?page_id=15611"},"modified":"2024-01-29T09:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T09:06:12","slug":"policy-impacts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/sgleads\/policy-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"SG LEADS – Policy Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tPolicy Impacts\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"msf-logo\"\n

\n\t\t18 November 2023 |\u00a0Opening Remarks by Minister of State Sun Xueling at Singapore University of Social Sciences’ Early Childhood Care & Education Conference<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Ministry of Social and Family Development\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

Ms Sun Xueling, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Social and Family Development<\/strong>, brought up findings from our Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS) regarding the impact that early childhood caregiving has on children’s cognitive and socio-emotional development, during her opening remarks at Singapore University of Social Sciences’ Early Childhood Care & Education Conference. (Section 4)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"msf-logo\"\n

\n\t\t18 September 2023 |\u00a0Opening Speech By Ms Sun Xueling for Second Reading of Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Bill<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Ministry of Social and Family Development\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

In her opening speech for the Second Reading of Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Bill, Ms Sun Xueling, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Social and Family Development<\/strong>, spoke about the findings on effects of paternity leave utilisation gathered from the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS). (Section 13)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Singapore_Parliament_logo.svg\"\n

\n\t\t3 March 2023 |\u00a0Committee of Supply – Head O (Ministry of Health)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Official Reports – Parliamentary Debates\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

At the Committee of Supply – Head O, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health<\/strong>, quoted evidence from Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS) showing that fathers play a sizeable role in the development of a child’s self-regulation and ability to delay enjoyment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"MOH_Logo\"\n

\n\t\t27 October 2022 |\u00a0Speech by Mr Masagos Zulkifli at the Launch of the Inaugural Child Conference<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Ministry of Health\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health<\/strong>, spoke about the Child and Maternal Health and Well-being Taskforce reviewing evidence-based research findings like Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS), in his speech at the launch of the inaugural Child Conference. (Section 11)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"msf-logo\"\n

\n\t\t11 October 2022 |\u00a0Welcome Remarks by Mr Masagos Zulkifli at ECDA Scholarships and Training Awards Presentation Ceremony<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Ministry of Social and Family Development\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

In his welcome remarks at the ECDA Scholarships and Training Awards Presentation Ceremony, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health<\/strong>, encouraged early childhood educators to tap on research literature like Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS) to develop strategies to help children, also citing our findings on delay of gratification as an important predictor of the child’s developmental outcomes later in life. (Section 9a)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Singapore_Parliament_logo.svg\"\n

\n\t\t5 April 2022 |\u00a0Singapore Women’s Development<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Official Reports – Parliamentary Debates\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

Member of Parliament Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang (Nee Soon)<\/b>, quoted findings of “positive relationship between paternity leave provision and family dynamics and children’s well-being in Singapore” from Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS), when proposing for more paternity leave in Singapore.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWatch Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Singapore_Parliament_logo.svg\"\n

\n\t\t2 March 2022 |\u00a0Committee of Supply – Head U (Prime Minister’s Office)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Official Reports – Parliamentary Debates\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

At the Committee of Supply 2022 debate, Member<\/strong> of Parliament Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang (Nee Soon)<\/b>, made a call for policies to help increase usage of paternity leave for fathers in more labour-intensive jobs, quoting findings from Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS), that showed such fathers were half as likely to take paternity leave than other fathers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWatch Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Singapore_Parliament_logo.svg\"\n

\n\t\t1 March 2022 |\u00a0Debate on Annual Budget Statement<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Official Reports – Parliamentary Debates\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

Dr Shahira Abdullah (Nominated Member of Parliament of Singapore) <\/strong>shared findings from Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS) on the impacts of Covid for lower-income families, affecting them the hardest physically and mentally.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"MOH_Logo\"\n

\n\t\t08 October 2021 |\u00a0Opening Address by Mr Masagos Zulkifli at the Launch of SingHealth Duke-NUS Maternal and Child Health Research Institute<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Ministry of Health\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS) was mentioned in the opening address by Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health<\/strong>, at the launch of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Maternal and Child Health Research Institute. (Section 4)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Singapore_Parliament_logo.svg\"\n

\n\t\t24 February 2021 |\u00a0Debate on Annual Budget Statement<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0| Official Reports – Parliamentary Debates\n\t<\/h4>\n\t

Findings on the impacts of poor diet and food insecurity in children from lower-income families, from the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG LEADS), were quoted by Mr Don Wee (Member of Parliament for Chua Chu Kang GRC)<\/strong>, in the parliamentary debate on the annual budget statement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Speech Here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Policy Impacts 18 November 2023 |\u00a0Opening Remarks by Minister of State Sun Xueling at Singapore University of Social Sciences’ Early Childhood Care & Education Conference\u00a0| Ministry of Social and Family Development Ms Sun Xueling, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Social and Family Development, brought up findings from our Singapore Longitudinal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"parent":2968,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15611","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15611"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15677,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15611\/revisions\/15677"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}