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The Straits Times' Roundtable on Budget 2016: A quietly powerful evolution
For many people going about their daily lives, Budget 2016 may have sounded like any other in the past few years. Take accountant Cheong Ying Fen. The 27-year-old said she read the news reports but nothing really stood out for her.
Budget 2016: Use our calculator to find out what you'll get
SINGAPORE - Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on Thursday (March 24) announced special transfers for households amounting to $500 million. Find out if you qualify for any of the schemes with our Budget 2016 calculator.
Singapore Budget 2016: Property players fret over absence of relief
The absence of any measures in Budget 2016 to help the beleaguered property sector was greeted with an air of resignation among industry players, and disappointment by some home owners hoping to buy an investment property.
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Deputy Editor Ignatius Low's take
The Straits Times deputy editor Ignatius Low gives his take on Budget 2016.
That one thing: Workfare Income Supplement Scheme
The Straits Times manpower reporter Joanna Seow shares one thing that stood out for her in Budget 2016.
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Business-minded focus on the future and help upstream for families
SINGAPORE - Mr Heng Swee Keat's maiden Budget announced on Thursday (March 24) afternoon has a singular focus: to transform companies, so they can work together and with the government, to raise productivity, automate and innovate processes, and expand overseas.
Budget 2016: Heng Swee Keat seeks partners and he’ll gladly split the bill
Mr Heng Swee Keat chose as the title of his first Budget statement "Partnering for the Future" - reflecting his preference for collaboration as the best way to grow and transform the economy, and nurture a caring society.
Budget 2016: Of coffee prices and hopes of a helping hand
It may only be a cup of coffee, but the rising price of this key consumer item is an example of the cost-of-living crunch that some Singaporeans are experiencing.
Budget in Graphics
Balancing the Budget: Revenue & expenditure for 2016
Singapore is required under the Constitution to keep to a balanced Budget over each term of Government. Social development spending made up almost half of the Government's expenditure for 2015, while a large portion of the operating revenue came from corporate income tax.
Budget 2016: Key announcements at a glance
Find out what are the key Budget announcements and how they may affect you and your family.
Singapore Budget 2016: 11 things that stood out in Heng Swee Keat's Budget
SINGAPORE - Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat's maiden Budget speech in Parliament on Thursday (March 24) was a business-minded one.
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Can Singapore households weather slowing growth?
With fewer clients using her contractor husband's renovation services, commodity specialist Wong C.K., 41, and her family have had to make swift decisions to cope with a smaller budget.
Firms switching strategies in slower market
Mr Chow Khai Cheng remembers when customers used to splurge over $1,000 on a kilogram or two of sea cucumbers at his dried goods store in Chinatown a few years ago.
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Balancing the Budget: Revenue & expenditure for 2016
Singapore is required under the Constitution to keep to a balanced Budget over each term of Government. Social development spending made up almost half of the Government's expenditure for 2015, while a large portion of the operating revenue came from corporate income tax.
Budget 2016: Key announcements at a glance
Find out what are the key Budget announcements and how they may affect you and your family.
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Analysing the 2016 Budget Statement
SINGAPORE - Which are the buzzwords in Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat's Budget speech? Explore his full speech with this interactive word analysis tool.
LATEST STORIES
$280 million in GST Vouchers to be given out to eligible recipients in November
SINGAPORE - Eligible Singaporeans who had previously signed up for the Government's GST Voucher scheme will receive an additional payout of up to $200 each by Nov 5, said the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Tuesday (Nov 1).
People's Association has to cater to more sophisticated population
SINGAPORE - The People's Association (PA) has to cater to an increasingly sophisticated population, but remains non-partisan, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing on Thursday (April 14).
