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March 27 morning round-up: 1. Singapore Airlines seeks S$8.8b in rights issue of shares and bonds 2. Resilience Budget: S$48.4b more to fight pandemic, with up to S$17b from reserves 3. Commentary: Resilience Budget will…
Resilience Budget round-up - here are some highlights from today’s speech: 1. S$20 billion allocation for loan capital to support companies bit.ly/3alAqi2 2. PM, ministers to take three month pay cut in solidarity with S…
March 26 evening round-up: 1. S$48.4b Resilience Budget for Singapore to tackle Covid-19 crisis bit.ly/2UFZ7z5 2. SIA considering corporate action with Temasek's support bit.ly/2vMuAHg 3. MAS to hold auctions for USD fro…
Singapore's overall budget deficit grows almost four-fold to S$39.2b ‘We are able to support this unprecedented deficit and still remain fiscally sustainable because we have been disciplined in the use of past reserves,…
Govt may propose further draws on reserves amid Covid-19 storm President Halimah Yacob had given in-principle support for the government to draw up to S$17 billion from past reserves to fund part of the Resilience Budget…
Income tax payments for companies and self-employed deferred for 3 months For self-employed persons, the payment cycle for personal income tax for YA2020 generally starts in 2020. Income tax payments due in May, June and…
No property tax for landlords hit by coronavirus, others to get 30% rebate Those exempt from property tax include hotels, service apartments, tourist attractions, shops and restaurants. Businesses that qualify for the 30…
S$3b allocated for cash distribution to all families amid pandemic Under the enhanced package, the cash payout for all adult Singaporeans will be tripled to a range of S$300 to S$900, from the previous range of S$100 to…
Aim to create 10,000 jobs in public and private sector over the year ‘We will recruit for long-term roles in the public service and sectoral partner institutions, in areas such as social services, early childhood educati…
S$15.1b Jobs Support Scheme to help companies Firms in the food services sector will receive more support - at 50 per cent of wages. Firms in the aviation and tourism sectors, which are the most badly affected sectors, w…
Resilience Budget: S$48.4b in support measures; govt may draw up to S$17b from reserves The Resilience Budget focuses on three key areas: saving jobs, supporting workers and protecting livelihoods; helping enterprises ov…

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INFOGRAPHIC: Will the Supplementary Budget 2020 top the S$20.5 billion Resilience Package in Budget 2009? bit.ly/2UkqeAP

Singapore's official growth forecast for 2020 has sunk into negative territory: between -4 and -1 per cent. The revised forecast comes as the economy contracted 2.2 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020.