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400,000 needy families to get vouchers worth $50
They can be used for food or essential goods and services at 8,100 shops and hawker stalls
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and South West District Mayor Low Yen Ling holding a placard at the launch of the second tranche of vouchers under the Community Development Council Vouchers Scheme at Bedok Community Centre yesterday. With them are (from left) North West District Mayor Alex Yam, People s Association chief executive director Lim Hock Yu, Central Singapore District Mayor Denise Phua, North East District Mayor Desmond Choo, South East District Mayor Fahmi Aliman and Federation of Merchants Associations, Singapore president Yeo Hiang Meng.PHOTO: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
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400,000 households to receive second round of S$50 CDC vouchers
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat visiting a merchant participating in the CDC Vouchers Scheme in Bedok on Jan 25, 2021. (Photo: CDC)
25 Jan 2021 08:42PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: Another round of Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers will be rolled out to about 400,000 Singaporean households from Feb 8.
The second tranche of the CDC Vouchers Scheme was launched on Monday (Jan 25) by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat at the Bedok Community Centre, in a move that will cost an additional S$20 million.
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Up to 400,000 needy families to get $50 vouchers
South West District Mayor Low Yen Ling and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat holding a sign at the launch at Bedok Community Centre yesterday. PHOTO: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Jan 26, 2021 06:00 am
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Up to 400,000 lower-income households will be receiving $50 worth of vouchers that they can use to defray household expenses and at the same time support local businesses.
This comes under an extension of the Community Development Council (CDC) Vouchers Scheme that was launched last June.
At Bedok Community Centre yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that a second tranche of $20 million would be given out through the scheme.