THE economic support measures being rolled out during the current crisis could save around 155,000 jobs this year and the next, cushioning the rise in the resident unemployment rate by at least 1.7 percentage points this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.
More than half of the jobs saved are due to the Jobs Support Scheme alone, he said yesterday, adding that there will still be job losses.
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