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Singapore households to get $900 million support package
It includes vouchers to help families defray expenses, as well as GST vouchers and S&CC rebates
Technician Alex Soh with his wife Fio Tan and daughters Jing Ting, eight, and Jing Sin (second from left), six. In total, the family of four will be receiving about $780 in assistance from the $900 million Household Support Package. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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February 16, 2021
SINGAPORE - A $900 million Household Support package will be introduced for families amid the uncertain economic situation in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced on Tuesday (Feb 16).
The package includes vouchers that each household can use to defray expenses and support local businesses, as well as service and conservancy Charges (S&CC) rebates and goods and services tax (GST) vouchers.
About 1.3 million households will receive $100 Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers that can be used at participating heartland shops and hawker centres. More details on this will be announced by the CDCs later. To fund this, an additional grant of $150 million will be provided to the CDCs.
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Budget 2021: S pore households to get $900m support package, including $100 CDC vouchers
About 1.3 million households will get $100 vouchers that can be used at heartland shops and hawker centres. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
PublishedFeb 16, 2021, 4:05 pm SGT
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SINGAPORE - A total of $13.8 billion was allocated for Covid-19 response operations by the Government in last year s budget, including $10 billion for medical and emergency operations and supplies, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday (Feb 1).
In a written reply to a question filed by Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai, Mr Heng said the $10 billion was for expenditure that included the expansion of testing capacity, clinical management of Covid-19 patients, and for building contact tracing capabilities.
The sum, allocated to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, was also used to secure critical medical and emergency supplies such as personal protective equipment.