Sentences with phrase «minister in charge»

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's deputy prime minister and minister in charge of the central bank, was speaking at a parliamentary session yesterday when he fielded questions by three Members of Parliament (MEPs) about any potential ban of cryptocurrency trading in Singapore.

In response, the minister, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of MAS said:

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's deputy prime minister and minister in charge of the central bank, was speaking at a parliamentary session on Monday when he was asked by MP Foo Mee Har about how authorities could enforce anti-money laundering laws and counter-financing of terrorism (AML / CFT) laws on cryptocurrency transactions with a specific focus on bitcoin.

The minister in charge of MAS also said that the central bank would be imposing the existing legal requirements on those involved in cryptocurrency trading as intermediaries.

As Nordea Bank AB's Bitcoin ban for staff has unions questioning the legality of the move, Sweden's minister in charge of financial legislation says it's understandable that the industry is resorting to such measures.

Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is also the Minister in charge of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, responded to her questions.

Then, following its defeat at the polls, the minister in charge of the file had a pretty rough time explaining why he hadn't wanted to make them public.

A spokeswoman for the minister in charge of telecom policy was not immediately available to comment on the legal challenge.

Releasing the book, Charafat Afailal, Morocco's Minister in charge of Water, said, «We need to realise what is at stake, since water insecurity leads to increased conflicts, tension between populations, and also provokes migration that threatens overall stability.»

The report, the first from the sub-committee, which was set up last year, also urges the government to untangle the «unruly» and «complex» web of organisations, service providers and websites overseeing and offering careers advice and put a single minister in charge.

The problem is that the Minister in charge of Academies bought his peerage and thereby his ministerial position.

Much was made of the fact that Nick Gibb, the minister in charge of the group, had said it would be «teacher - led».

Ian Taylor, junior minister in charge of science and technology, says «ROPAs by and large appear to be very successful».

The minister in charge of national education, higher education and research, Najat Vallaud - Belkacem, will temporarily take over her duties,» wrote Science Careers's Elisabeth Pain at ScienceInsider.

A few days after the nuclear crisis began to unfold at the Fukushima power station in Japan, Singh, who also serves as minister in charge for atomic energy, ordered a safety review of all 20 nuclear power plants and a half dozen research reactors owned and operated by the government.

The Minister in charge of Public Procurement Sarah Adwoa Safo has stated categorically that her office only exist to advice the President on procurement and not to involve in procurement processes of ministries.

Ed Davey: Davey, the Minister in charge of the Post Office, is very pro-enterprise, supportive of cuts and Steve Hilton's favourite Lib Dem as a result.

The minister in charge, Iain Duncan Smith, says he has fixed most of the problems.

National President for the Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana, Nana Oppong Adjei has challenged the Deputy Minister in charge of...

«This is going to be the biggest change for a generation,» the minister in charge of exiting the European Union, David Davis, has said, before calling for those who voted on either side to now come together.

«The committee did not find it necessary to either invite the then minister in charge or his deputy to provide relevant information that will help its work.

London's minister in charge of armed forces, Mark Lancaster, who reviewed British Army support programmes across northern Nigeria this week, said «the real key» to improvement was proper basic training, including in human rights.

Addressing the 55th National Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in Ho on Wednesday, the Deputy Minister in charge of pre-tertiary education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum said «your money will soon hit your accounts» and further indicating that the funds would, by the end of the conference on Friday, be in their accounts.

The junior minister in charge of constitutional reform, Mark Harper, acknowledged then that «currently the first three members of the royal family in line to the throne are all male and so we have some time until there may be a pressing issue to address».

The Majority Leader and Minister in charge of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei - Mensah - Bonsu, has bemoaned the lack of quality in the...

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne and the shadow cabinet minister in charge of the party's preparations for government, Francis Maude, «will also publish a dossier entitled «It's your money» detailing examples of wasteful spending - including the billions spent on the NHS super computer, ID cards, refurbishing the Ministry of Defence and Government consultants.»

Oliver Letwin, the Cabinet Office minister in charge of government policy, has been given a token promotion.

The National Health Service will crash within two years with catastrophic consequences unless the government orders an immediate multibillion pound cash injection, the former minister in charge of care services says.

To show he is not about to pull any punches, Buhari has gone after Diezani Alison - Madueke, the first female to be made Oil Minister in charge of the sprawling Nigerian oil industry.

Lord West has been made the government's new minister in charge of cybersecurity strategy, amid anger from the Tories over the way the appointment was announced.

Bridget Prentice, minister in charge of youth democratic engagement, said: «In a democracy, it's important that politicians» decisions take into account the views of all citizens.

«Even Fayemi that boasted of having N8 billion to spend on the election, can the APC point to one benefit Ekiti has derived from his position as minister in charge of solid minerals?

An International Relations Expert and Minister in Charge of Public Private Partnership, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo says President Mahama's visit to Japan will not only strengthen the traditional relations between the two countries but it will also increase economic and socio - cultural ties.

He may be a senior Cabinet minister in charge of our courts, prisons and probation services but he is not above the law.

I have written to the Minister in charge at the Cabinet Office to ask who in the Cabinet Office called in the police on that extraordinary basis and whether the Minister authorised or knew of that action.»

Another former minister said: «What does it say to the rest of the Middle East if a senior Cabinet minister in charge of Britain's huge aid budget disappears for 48 hours from a family holiday in Israel and is under the wing of a pro-Israeli lobbyist?»

The Liberal Democrats have called for the minister in charge of tax credits to resign after the government admitted # 1.8 billion was overpaid in the system last year.

While it allows, perhaps, for a more integrated clean energy policy in future, the minister in charge and the prime minister must both guarantee their commitment to tackling climate change is not being downgraded in any way.

If I was really good and a whip's nark for long enough, I might be able to be minister in charge of widgets.

A Deputy Minister in charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the first phase of the conversion of polytechnics into technical universities, will take place in September this year, with six polytechnics.

The minister in charge of the government's drugs policy has admitted that he has smoked cannabis.

Letter from Arthur C. Morgan, April 2O, 1970, Kenneth Jones was the minister in charge of group development.

Azalina Othman, minister in charge of law, said social media such as Twitter and Facebook have acknowledged they are unable to monitor fake news on their platforms.

It appears that both the FSA and the Kanto Local Finance Bureau ultimately report to Tarō Asō, the deputy prime minister of Japan, who also serves as the minister of finance, minister of state for financial services, and minister in charge of overcoming deflation.

«Our National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation told us that every time they had their lobby in Ottawa, Conservative Cabinet Ministers and Tory Members of Parliament refused to meet with them, whereas in previous governments at least the Minister in charge of seniors would meet with the seniors» delegation.

Since then, the minister in charge of Canada's food safety has ducked reporters, but offered to hire Owen Lippert as a food taster.

Earlier this month, the U.K.'s minister in charge of exiting the EU, David Davis, testified at a House committee that, to this point, the government has not carried out a full assessment of the implications on the economy were Britain to leave in a so - called hard Brexit.

The government's priority is to ensure that public services are not disrupted, said David Lidington, the minister in charge of the Cabinet Office, which oversees the running of government.

Rich Coleman, the minister in charge of natural gas in the province, said in a news release the agreement is part of the foundation for the government's jobs plan.

He recalls that in the early 1990s, the Mulroney government initiated controversial changes to Canada Post's service levels, and the minister in charge, the late Harvie Andre, spent long hours in the House of Commons taking the flack.