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DPM Heng reminds the House of hard truths
He zooms in on key economic and fiscal strategies that need to be in place in S'pore
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The tone of Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat’s Budget round-up speech yesterday was urgent, as he drove home the message that companies and workers must transform and pivot, while also reassuring Singaporeans that at the heart of the country’s shift to a technologically advanced, innovation-driven economy will be a strong Singaporean core.
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"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 yesterday, it was that the cerebral, soft-spoken Deputy Prime Minister seemed genuinely angered.
