Firms seek help to ease in next year's carbon tax
Some ask for gradual implementation while others look to possible grants for energy efficiency-related projects
Singapore
HEAVY greenhouse gas emitters in Singapore are hoping the government will provide assistance at the onset of the carbon tax, even as they wait for details on the specific carbon price in the upcoming Budget.
Singapore will implement the carbon tax from next year. The government has not yet confirmed the price it will set, though it said in last year's Budget that the tax will be between S$10-20 a tonne of greenhouse gas emissions.
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