SINGAPORE - The number of families on government schemes for subsidised broadband connectivity and computers has almost doubled since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
More than 34,000 low-income families were on the Infocomm Media Development Authority's (IMDA) Home Access and Neu PC Plus programmes in 2020 and 2021 combined.
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