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Budget 2024

Eligible national servicemen to receive $200 LifeSG credits

NSmen from 716 SIR practicing baton drills at Maju Camp in Singapore on 2 August 2022.
NSmen from 716 SIR practicing baton drills at Maju Camp in Singapore on 2 August 2022.

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Increased access to capital and support for ESG efforts: How SMEs can benefit from Budget 2024 enhancements

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Budget 2024 tackles present concerns while setting next stage for S’pore’s growth

Cost-of-living pressures have been top of the mind for Singaporeans in the last few years.
Cost-of-living pressures have been top of the mind for Singaporeans in the last few years.

S’pore avoids ‘magical thinking’, prepares in advance for spending in Budget: President

Singapore also makes sure the spending can be financed, said President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Singapore also makes sure the spending can be financed, said President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

A fresh approach to foreign manpower needed to tackle long term challenges

Is there scope for greater differentiation between services jobs, bearing in mind that some services jobs are essential, cannot be easily substituted with automation, and are not attractive to locals, asks the writer.
Is there scope for greater differentiation between services jobs, bearing in mind that some services jobs are essential, cannot be easily substituted with automation, and are not attractive to locals, asks the writer.

Singapore Budget 2024 booklet: Building our shared future together

Forum: Guard against over-reliance on the state

Companies play key role in helping workers gain new skills: Indranee

Companies need to be progressive and forward-thinking, and they must want to invest in their employees, said Second Minister for Finance and National Development Indranee Rajah.
Companies need to be progressive and forward-thinking, and they must want to invest in their employees, said Second Minister for Finance and National Development Indranee Rajah.

The future is now for skilling up as S’pore ages even as tech advances: ST-BT roundtable

(From left) ST associate editor and roundtable moderator Vikram Khanna, UOB senior economist Alvin Liew, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah, ASME president Ang Yuit, and NTUC deputy secretary-general Desmond Tan, at the roundtable on March 7.
(From left) ST associate editor and roundtable moderator Vikram Khanna, UOB senior economist Alvin Liew, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah, ASME president Ang Yuit, and NTUC deputy secretary-general Desmond Tan, at the roundtable on March 7.

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