Singapore
THE government will enhance its support measures through a S$1.1 billion support package to aid workers and businesses as Singapore returned to Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).
The package will be funded by reallocations from one-off underutilisation of funds due to Covid-19 as well as fiscal resources set aside earlier in the event of an extension of support measures, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Friday.
This move comes just a day after stricter curbs - including a ban on dining-out and a two-person cap on social gatherings - were reintroduced.
Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said in an Instagram video post on Friday: "I have been engaging - virtually - our business leaders and trade...