Top MOF officer recalls how Budget policies evolved amid pandemic
No 'full-dress rehearsal' for a situation like Covid-19; strategies needed to be refined along the way
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Permanent Secretary for Finance Tan Ching Yee said Covid-19 was not a situation for which there had been a "full-dress rehearsal".
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To fight the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has dedicated almost $100 billion across four Budgets this year.
While there were measures in the first Unity Budget in February to help families with the longstanding issue of cost of living, as the pandemic progressed, it became clear that more had to be done to keep Singaporeans' and businesses' heads above water, said Permanent Secretary for Finance Tan Ching Yee.