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Responding to PAP Minister Masagos Zulkifli's criticism of WP MP Faisal Manap for repeatedly raising the tudung issue in Parliament and causing division in Singapore, netizen Didi Dada asked if an MP or a Minister's job is not to bring up and discuss sensitive issues in Parliament then what do the taxpayers in Singapore pay them million dollar salary for?

In Parliament yesterday, Water Resource Minister Masagos Zulkifli slammed WP MP Faisal Manap's habit of raising divisive issues within the Malay Muslim community in Parliament. Masagos claims that in doing so, Mr Faisal Manap was raising the temperatures and making the complex issues much harder to solve due to his high profile championing of such issues. Masagos criticized the WP MP after Manap called for Muslim nurses and uniformed officers to be allowed to wear the headscarf or tudung to the secular workplace. He asked when Singapore would do so when other nations like Australia and Britain had already done so.

PAP Minister for Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli has announced that water prices will be revised upwards this year due to anticipated higher costs of producing water and the need to price water right in view of the less reliable weather. All hail PAP for living up to its moniker of Pay and Pay and Pay!

In his latest remarks urging our Muslims to be alert to radicals, the Second Minister for Home Affairs, Masagos Zulkifli, warned of the growing presence of and threats posed by “absolutists” in the community. He advised that Muslims should not easily “succumb” to the views and opinions of “absolutists”.

2nd Minister for Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli said on Friday that the government would not legalize cannabis as a "soft drug", arguing that the move is "wrong and dangerous". Masagos was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 20th Anti-Drug Abuse campaign at Suntec.

I am promoting Masagos Zulkifli to full Minister. He has performed well, both in his ministries and as an MP in Tampines. It is the first time we are having two Malay full ministers, which reflects the progress of the Malay community.

SINGAPORE will continue to help the Palestinians in their nation-building efforts by training their officials in such areas as public finance and administration. About 150 Palestinian officials have been trained in Singapore since 1996 and the numbers are set to rise in the next four years, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli told reporters on Wednesday.

The Republic will contribute US$100,000 (S$127,300) to UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Cluster fund to provide clean water and sanitation in Gaza, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli said on Sunday (Oct 12). Mr Masagos also reiterated Singapore’s commitment to support the Palestinian National Authority’s capacity-building efforts through an enhanced technical assistance package – worth S$5 million over five years – that was announced in 2013

Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli said that the Muslim community is saddened over the destruction and loss of lives in Gaza. Mr Masagos also asked Muslims to pray for peace for all Muslims and the world, and advised the public not to engage in any irrational actions due to the crisis in Gaza.