Buildings stand along the Singapore river in Singapore, on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Singapore's total population has fallen for the first time in 17 years as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic saw fewer foreigners working in the city-state. - Bloomberg
SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (dpa): Singapore will give couples a $3,000 (US$2,213) grant for any child born over the next two years, the government said has announced.
The "one-off" payment aims to "further help couples defray child-raising costs" during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister's office (PMO) stated.
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