Parliament to discuss SMRT's telco tie-up

SkillsFuture Earn and Learn programme will also be debated during Monday's sitting

Lee U-Wen

Published Fri, May 8, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

TRANSPORT operator SMRT's recent announcement that it will work with OMGTEL (OMG) to bid for Singapore's fourth wireless telecommunications (telco) carrier licence is among the many topics to be discussed during Monday's sitting of Parliament.

Member of Parliament Baey Yam Keng (Tampines) has filed two questions - one each for Communications and Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim and Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew - on the matter.

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