{"_id": "2013-11-12_P12_S25_POVERTY_LINE_IN_SINGAPORE", "_source": "SG/PairSearch", "_type": "parliamentary_proceedings", "_fetched_at": "2026-03-26T13:02:09.022573+00:00", "title": "POVERTY LINE IN SINGAPORE", "summary": " Development whether the Ministry can elaborate on why it is not practical to have a defined poverty line as one part of a set of other policy indicators to be used to combat poverty in Singapore. Mr Chan Chun Sing : The Government has been stepping up efforts to support Singaporeans who need help. We have chosen to have broader definitions...", "text": "POVERTY LINE IN SINGAPORE\n Development whether the Ministry can elaborate on why it is not practical to have a defined poverty line as one part of a set of other policy indicators to be used to combat poverty in Singapore. Mr Chan Chun Sing : The Government has been stepping up efforts to support Singaporeans who need help. We have chosen to have broader definitions...", "date": "2013-11-12", "parliament_number": 12, "session_number": 1, "sitting_number": 25, "topic": "WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS", "search_query": "singapore", "doc_type": "hansard_debate", "language": "en", "jurisdiction": "SG", "country": "Singapore", "text_length": 371, "top_keywords": ["poverty", "line", "singapore", "development", "whether", "ministry", "elaborate", "practical", "defined", "part", "other", "policy", "indicators", "used", "combat"], "source_url": "https://search.pair.gov.sg/search?query=singapore&source=hansard", "search_text": "POVERTY LINE IN SINGAPORE  Development whether the Ministry can elaborate on why it is not practical to have a defined poverty line as one part of a set of other policy indicators to be used to combat poverty in Singapore. Mr Chan Chun Sing : The Government has been stepping up efforts to support Singaporeans who need help. We have chosen to have broader definitions... WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS"}