One big announcement by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in October was the $1.5 billion support package to counter inflation in Singapore, including a Cost of Living (COL) Special Payment where around 2.5 million eligible adult Singaporeans will receive up to $500 in cash.
Much has been written about the individual measures, so I won’t describe them in detail. But it’s worth repeating three things that they will do:
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