Still, Heng warned that support couldn’t be indefinite, saying Singapore “cannot sustain” its job support scheme at current levels as it draws heavily on reserves and “risks trapping our workers in unviable businesses.”
SINGAPORE: Singapore will provide additional wage support to protect jobs in sectors hardest hit by the pandemic such as aviation and tourism till March next year, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday in a televised address to the nation.
With some sectors recovering faster than others, the government will adjust support based on the projected recovery, Heng said.
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