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The main points in Singapore s recovery plan from the Covid-19 crisis
1 BOOSTING COVID-19 DEFENCES
An $11 billion Covid-19 Resilience Package will focus on immediate and ongoing recovery efforts to tackle the pandemic.
Of this sum, $4.8 billion goes towards public health and safe reopening measures, including testing, clinical management and contact tracing, and vaccination for everyone living in Singapore.
Another $700 million goes to extending the Jobs Support Scheme to help firms retain workers, but support will gradually taper off. The hardest-hit sectors, such as aviation and tourism that now get 50 per cent wage support, will see this lowered to 30 per cent for April to June, and 10 per cent for July to September. Sectors like food services and retail, currently getting 30 per cent support, will see this reduced to 10 per cent for April to June.
The Straits Times
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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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A range of initiatives, including vouchers for families and extended wage subsidies for sectors hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, were announced by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (Feb 16).
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.
Singapore News - Families and workers received various relief and support measures - such as the Covid-19 Support Grant, Temporary Relief Fund and grocery vouchers for lower-income groups - over five Budgets last year. Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has assured families that given the. Read more at www.tnp.sg