Social services to get supplementary Budget help
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THE supplementary Budget on Tuesday will include support for the social service sector, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said in a Facebook post on Sunday.
Ahead of Tuesday's ministerial statement on further support amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr Heng had on Saturday heard from 30 social service sector partners, along with Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu, and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and Education Indranee Rajah.
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