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Budget debate: DPM Heng reminds the House of hard truths
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Unlike last year, DPM Heng had to drive home the message that firms and workers must transform and pivot.
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SINGAPORE - "Please do not put words in my mouth."
If there was one thing that stood out in a couple of the exchanges that followed Mr Heng Swee Keat's Budget round-up speech on Friday (Feb 26), it was that the cerebral, soft-spoken Deputy Prime Minister seemed genuinely angered.

