S$20 million arts top-up includes new grant for freelancers
Arts and Culture Resilience Package will also offer grants to businesses, support efforts to commission projects
Singapore
ARTS freelancers and businesses in Singapore will get more support as the government has pledged another S$20 million to help the sector tide over the coronavirus pandemic.
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong announced a top-up to the Arts and Culture Resilience Package (ACRP), which will cover the cost of new grants for self-employed workers and business transformation, as well as the extensions of other support.
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