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Construction trade body hands government its first-ever Budget wish list
Published Tue, Jan 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
WARY of intensifying pressures on the construction sector in the near future, the sector's representative trade body has submitted its Budget wish list for the first time to the Finance Ministry (MOF).
The almost 3,000-member strong Singapore Contractors Association (SCAL) had handed the list over last month, hoping for fiscal support measures to give the sector more time - and room - to defray costs.
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