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Office workers at Raffles Place after the circuit breaker period. (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan)
24 Feb 2021 11:53PM) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: Members of Parliament (MPs) and Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) on Wednesday (Feb 24) discussed the Budget 2021 initiatives presented by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat last week, as well as listed a number of suggestions for consideration.
This comes a week after Mr Heng, who is also Finance Minister, delivered his Budget speech, in which he laid out Singapore’s path of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mr Heng had said that as Singapore’s economy reopens, the focus of Budget 2021 will shift “from containment to restructuring”, but there will be targeted support for the hardest-hit sectors as the global battle against COVID-19 is far from over.