City-state to give targeted household aid


THE city-state will enhance household support measures and roll out targeted aid for hard-hit sectors as part of steps to cushion the impact of the Middle East conflict on its import-dependent energy system.

“For now, we have been able to manage the immediate disruptions,” Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said, adding that refineries and chemical companies were scaling back production and sour­cing crude oil and feedstock beyond the Middle East.

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