Singapore Budget 2016: Give greater priority to social safety nets: academics, economist
S'pore-style unemployment system should be eventual goal; time also to take stock of existing measures
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THE government should make it an even greater priority to improve Singapore's social support system during this uncertain economic period, say observers ahead of the upcoming Budget that will be delivered in Parliament on March 24.
Walter Theseira, an economist and senior lecturer at SIM University (UniSIM), told The Business Times in a recent interview that the role of social safety nets becomes more important during a downturn.
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