Let’s get it right

By Brian Martin

ON paper, it’s a good plan, but the implementation is complicated and potentially fraught with many obstacles.

The government has announced that we are moving towards targeted subsidies, and essentially this would mean that those in the top 20 income group will no longer enjoy any subsidy for electricity or for petrol, among others.

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Brian Martin

Brian Martin

Brian Martin is the managing editor of The Star.

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