'Support', 'workers' most-used words on Day 1 of Budget 2023 debate with 170 to 200 mentions
on Wednesday , two words kept coming up: “Support”, which was mentioned 201 times, followed by “workers”, which had a total of 170 mentions.
These include a one-off cost-of-living special payment of between S$200 and S$400 for eligible Singaporeans, the doubling of U-Save utilities bill rebates and an extra S$300 Community Development Council Voucher for each household to help with rising prices.for all Singaporean children born from Feb 14 this year as a generous support package to ease the cost of raising children.
As Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Darryl David said, this year’s Budget sends a strong signal that the wealthy in Singapore can, and should, contribute more to nation-building by paying higher taxes. MPs voiced their support for the measures in Budget tied to assisting the older population, such as the top-ups of S$500 million to the Eldercare Fund and S$1.5 billion to the Medifund.
Some other measures were the extension of the Senior Employment Credit, which offsets 6 per cent to 8 per cent of wages for senior workers until 2025.
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