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Published Wed, Feb 17, 2021 · 05:50 AM

Singapore Budget 2021

AS Singapore Budgets go, the latest fiscal package - aptly dubbed "Emerging Stronger Together" - pretty much ticks all the boxes for a trademark response for these times, when the economy has come through a bruising battle but it's still far from certain that the difficulties and dangers have gone away.

The financial plan not only caters to immediate needs, with an S$11 billion in continued relief for workers and businesses that are still struggling from the Covid-19 big hit, and to support public health and safe reopening. But in quintessential Singapore style, Budget 2021 is firmly focused on the future: Not just t…