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Platform companies have warned that measures such as CPF contributions will put upward pressure on business costs and prices.

Platform companies have warned that measures such as CPF contributions will put upward pressure on business costs and prices.

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SINGAPORE - Those who use food delivery and ride-hailing apps will inevitably see prices go up once

additional protections for platform workers

are progressively implemented in a few years.

But while platform companies have warned that measures such as Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions will put upward pressure on business costs and prices, consumers have said they are willing to stomach reasonable price increases.

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