Schemes already in place to help low income, says DPM Tharman

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SCHEMES ALREADY IN PLACE TO HELP LOW INCOME, SAYS DPM THARMAN SCHEMES ALREADY IN PLACE TO HELP LOW INCOME, SAYS DPM THARMAN SINGAPORE: For the low income, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said there are already schemes in place to help them. These include the Workfare and Comcare schemes as well as the enhanced housing subsidies. Mr Tharman said these are major ...	Budget 2012 round-up: Singapore to reduce foreign worker inflow Budget 2012 round-up: Singapore to reduce foreign worker inflow At the same time, the Budget contained a slew of new economic and social measures targeted to help specific groups such as older workers stay in the workforce longer, senior citizens, lower-income and special needs Singaporeans, small and medium ...

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If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Budget 2012 (cont'd)

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The Workfare Income Supplement scheme and the Workfare Bonus help to top up the wages, but they do not go far enough. ... We can sense this from the angry reactions of some segments of our society to housing the lower-income in rental bocks in their estates, or the elderly in a studio apartment block nearby or an eldercare centre at their void-deck, as if the poor and .... (2), Dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew (46), DPM Teo Chee Hean (2), DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

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productivity, including what‟s already been rolled out, including many examples of how ... And as DPM Teo and several other MPs have emphasised, MP ... savings under the PIC scheme one year in advance, if they so wish. ..... the required transfers to help the lower-income to uplift ... So we are in the right place . A high ...

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SCHEMES ALREADY IN PLACE TO HELP LOW INCOME, SAYS DPM THARMAN

SINGAPORE: For the low income, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said there are already schemes in place to help them. These include the Workfare and Comcare schemes as well as the enhanced housing subsidies. Mr Tharman said these are ...

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Feb 17, 2012 ... DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam explains that the Budget's new permanent ... Tharman said it was meant to "help them (lower income families) to bear ... "We need to place a lot more emphasis on firstly, training all workers. ... our new schemes, the government pays virtually hundred per cent the cost of the ...

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At the same time, the Budget contained a slew of new economic and social measures targeted to help specific groups such as older workers stay in the workforce longer, senior citizens, lower-income and special needs Singaporeans, small and medium ... In his annual Budget 2012 announcement on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said Singapore will post an estimated S$2.3 billion surplus for fiscal year 2011.

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AS MEMBERS of Parliament listened to Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam deliver his Budget statement last Friday, it seemed to some he was granting their wishes one by one. More for older workers? Check: $470 million a .... While MPs cheered the permanent voucher which guarantees help for low-income families to offset higher costs due to the GST, some will express concern about the scheme next week. Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Inderjit Singh said that ...

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