“It is slowly killing the man [on] the street trying to make ends meet,” said Png Eng Huat, Workers’ Party MP for Hougang SMC, on April 6 in a Parliamentary debate on the additional support measures to help Singapore cope with the pandemic.
The government unleashes a third supplementary Budget to deal with Covid-19 economic fallout, but experts warn of diminishing effectiveness
SINGAPORE (Apr 9): The Covid-19 outbreak has turned the lives of Singaporeans topsy-turvy and everyone is trying to come to terms with the new normal. This week, schools and non-essential workplaces were shut down as part of the “circuit breaker” measures aimed at curbing the persistent local transmission of Covid-19. And the effects of shutdown have already taken its toll on both businesses and households alike.
