谢里法女士在一家快餐店上夜班，白天照顾伊尔凡。伊尔凡参加活动后，谢里法就可以在工作前得到一些短暂的休息。通过参加包容残障服务中心的活动，谢里法还结识了其他照顾者朋友，她知道自己并不孤单。迄今为止，首届包容残障服务中心已为140多名居住在淡滨尼和勿洛的残疾人和护理人员提供了支持。基于这一令人鼓舞的进展，我们将于2025年推出第二和第三家包容残障服务中心，一家位于东北部，覆蓋榜鹅、后港、盛港和实龙岗；另一家位于西部，重点关注裕廊西。
我们希望包容残障服务中心能够支持更多像伊尔凡这样的残疾人，更重要的是，为谢里法这样的照顾者提供喘息的机会。我完全同意王华瀚议员所说的，我们有必要支持照顾者，他们担当着不可或缺的角色。事实上，这也是我一周前在预算案辩论发言中提出的观点。由特需者看护发起的互助组织关护之心（CaringSG）将与安老院和其他社区合作，加强社区和同辈的支持。
为支持残疾人及其照顾者进行长期财务和护理规划，特需信托机构(SNTC)已设立了1200多个信托账户。我们与穆拉里皮莱先生一样，希望更多的家庭能够设立信托账户，并利用特需储蓄计划，将公积金储蓄用于长期护理。特需信托机构将与包括新协立、特殊教育学校和社会服务机构在内的主要合作伙伴合作，向家庭伸出援手。
政府还将加强对护理费用的支持。对于那些需要点对点交通服务才能前往特殊教育学校和参加社区活动的人士，我们将从2024年4月1日起增加残障者交通津贴（Enabling Transport Subsidy），以减轻他们的交通费用。目前，约有5400名受惠人领取了交通补贴。增加交通补贴后，目前领取交通补贴的家庭中，约有40%可望减少10%或更多的自付交通费。
此外，黄循财副总理还宣布，我们将更新经济情况调查补贴的人均家庭收入门槛，让更多的家庭能够受益于残障者交通补贴。有效的经济情况调查结果也可以在各个计划之间共享，这样受益人就不必在一段时间内重复接受经济情况调查。这将有助于确保有需要的人仍能享受到我们的计划和补贴。
最后，加强残疾服务总蓝图致力于改善我们社会的物质环境，使它具有无障碍性和包容性。我们已经改善了公共运输和公共场所的无障碍环境；所有公交巴士和地铁以及几乎所有公共部门的建筑都可以让轮椅进出。
你我都可以通过微小但有影响力的行动发挥自己的作用，例如，关注那些需要帮助的人、多一点微笑、少盯着不寻常的行为看、关注他们的能力而不是局限性；因为我们可以共同建设一个充满关爱和包容的社会。（主席，以下用普通话发言）
许多公民都有同样的愿望，希望新加坡成为一个充满包容和关爱的社会，让每个人都有能力追求自己的理想。今天，让我来分享一下我们将如何支持低收入家庭和残疾人充分发挥他们的潜力。
首先，提升版社区联系站计划反映了我们通过鼓励行动和进步来增强低收入家庭能力的理念。我们的家庭导师通过以家庭为中心的方法，与ComLink+家庭一起工作。家庭导师将考虑家庭的情况、需求和优势，与家庭共同制定行动计划，以实现其目标。提升版社区联系站计划进步配套，在努力实现稳定就业、稳定经济、自置居所以及为子女提供良好教育开端方面，进行了认可和补充。我们将在今年推出首个学前教育提升版社区联系站计划进步配套，以鼓励家庭尽早入学和正常出勤。
除了部长提到的志愿者之外，提升版社区联系站计划的合作伙伴来自民众、公共和私营部门。我们的主要合作伙伴，星展银行、新加坡游泳馆和义安私人有限公司都为支持提升版社区联系站计划家庭慷慨解囊。
在“欢庆义工年”里，我要感谢提升版社区联系站计划的志愿者们，感谢你们在与ComLink+家庭同行中，付出的时间和精力。
我们还将继续支持残疾人，针对他们的不同需求和能力提供不同的就业支持计划。这包括扩大就业与培训计划和增加庇护工作室的容纳力。
除了就业，我们还支持残疾人独立生活，更好地融入社区。我们将增加日间活动中心的空间，并在今年晚些时候在东北部和西部推出两个新的赋能服务枢纽，为残疾人提供更多参与社交活动和学习新技能的机会。
对于低收入家庭和残疾人来说，对未来的期望往往被今天的负担所拖累。政府和社会服务伙伴从个人和家庭的角度出发，推出不同的服务模式，照顾他们各自的需要，鼓励他们发挥潜能。我希望全社会一起行动起来，创造一个充满包容和关爱的新加坡。
主席先生，我在演讲一开始就问，新加坡能否成为一个关爱和包容所有家庭的地方，包括我们的低收入家庭和残疾人家庭。艾妮、乐伟和伊尔凡已经向我们证明，我们可以。只要家庭尽最大努力实现自己的愿望，我们就能做到；当我们的社会服务合作伙伴和专业人士与这些家庭并肩前行时，我们就能做到；当雇主以包容的态度招聘时，我们就能做到；当我们的志愿者花时间和精力与我们的家庭和残疾人交朋友时，我们就能做到；当你我关注我们中间需要帮助的人时，我们就能做到。
这是我们在前进新加坡中提出的新社会契约。通过共同努力，我们可以创建一个充满关爱和包容的新加坡，一个人人都能进步、发挥潜能、实现抱负的新加坡，一个“齐心为了家”的新加坡。
以下是英文质询内容：
The Chairman: Senior Parliamentary Secretary Eric Chua.
The Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social and Family Development (Mr Eric Chua): Chairman, talking to Singaporeans from all walks of life, one topic that often comes up is, "What would Singapore in the future look like?" Will we be a more caring and inclusive society? Can Singapore be a place made for all families, one where lower-income families have a fair chance to achieve their aspirations, and one where persons with disabilities can fulfil their true potential? MSF is working hard with families and communities to make these statements a reality.
I recently met Ms Aini and Mr Wali, a young couple who welcomed their first child Laila in 2022. They are currently living in a public rental flat and they hope to purchase their first BTO flat soon. Aini is looking to return to a cabin crew job, while Wali is striving to turn his passion for stand-up paddling into a full-time business.
The couple is working hard to realise their dreams: to achieve their career goals, buy a home and provide a good future for young Laila. But they are unsure how they can get there.
This is where MSF's ComLink+ family coaches, like Mr Zeke, come in. Our family coaches journey with ComLink+ families and support their aspirations. The family coach considers the family's unique circumstances, needs and strengths and co-develops an action plan with the family to help the family achieve its goals, one step at a time.
Through discussions with Zeke, Aini and Wali agreed that an important and immediate goal for the family was to secure stable employment. This would enable them to repay their loans and save for their BTO flat. With Aini on board with the action plan, Zeke then connected her with a career coach at Workforce Singapore. Zeke also provided helpful perspectives and suggestions on balancing work with parenting responsibilities. After some consideration, Aini and Wali decided that Wali could take care of Laila when Aini needs to fly for work. With care arrangements sorted out, she can now look for a cabin crew job with peace of mind.
As the family coach, Zeke is providing Aini and Wali with the sort of structured approach Ms Ng Ling Ling talked about, to achieve stability and make better decisions for the future. The nationwide rollout of ComLink started in 2021. Ms Denise Phua would be pleased to know that our Social Service Offices (SSOs) and Family Service Centres (FSCs) now serve 10,000 families with children in public rental flats in all 21 towns. And we are now ready to proceed with ComLink+. Mr Xie Yao Quan would also be pleased to know that with ComLink+, we will have integrated support across multiple programmes, including KidSTART, UPLIFT Community Network and Project Dian@M3. We will continue to strengthen the leadership role of the family coach to coordinate support across programmes and services, so that ComLink+ families can enjoy comprehensive, coordinated and convenient support. MSF currently has about 120 family coaches and we plan to recruit 200 more. We have also recruited and trained about 1,600 volunteer befrienders working alongside our family coaches. All-in, each family coach, aided by volunteer befrienders, is expected to support between 25 and 35 families and meet with them at least one to two times a month at the beginning. [Please see clarification later in the debate.]
In a shift from social assistance to empowerment, we will provide financial top-ups through ComLink+ Progress Packages to recognise and supplement ComLink+ families' efforts in working towards stable employment, financial stability, home ownership and giving their children a good start in education.
The first ComLink+ Package for Preschool will be launched in the second half of this year and we will roll out the rest of the ComLink+ Packages subsequently.
The early years are crucial for a child's learning and development. Enrolling in preschool by age three and attending preschool regularly will give Laila a good start in life and better prepare her for Primary 1.
