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Budget debate: Of fiscal stability and stronger social safety nets

Two key takeaways from this year's Budget debate are that Government measures are meant to help firms and Singaporeans transform and pivot, and that no one will be left behind. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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SINGAPORE - The nine-day-long debate on the Government and ministries' spending plans threw up an alphabet soup of support schemes.

As can be expected with an annual exercise of this magnitude, many details will be lost on the public. But there are two key takeaways.

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