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Govt transfers, taxes keep income gap at bay
Published Thu, Feb 8, 2018 · 09:50 PM
SINGAPORE'S income inequality changed little in 2017 from 2016, as government transfers and taxes narrowed the gap between the rich and poor, according to a Department of Statistics (DOS) report released on Thursday.
The lower half of households in Singapore s…
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