SINGAPORE: Singapore will provide direct cash to households and take steps to save jobs in a third stimulus package as the city state prepares to go into a partial lockdown on Tuesday (April 7) to contain a fast-spreading Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in the country.
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the measures on Monday (April 6) in Parliament, just 11 days after unveiling a supplementary budget of S$48 billion (US$33.4bil) in virus relief for businesses and households.
On Monday, the supplementary budget which was announced was worth S$5.1bil (US$3.55bil) - in additional economic spending such as wage support, waiver of levies and one-off payments to combat the coronavirus pandemic.