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Let's bite the bullet on taxes and manpower rules
The pandemic may not be over yet, but it is opportune to start building a more sustainable fiscal system, social support framework and workforce.
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Notwithstanding the tribulations of the past two years, Singapore's economy and labour market have come through better than expected.
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Singapore is still emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, the nation's greatest social and economic dislocation in the past half-century. So it may not seem the time to raise taxes or tighten foreign worker policies.
However, Budget 2022 - to be delivered on Feb 18 - is a timely opportunity to set in motion plans for the country's long-term future.
