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New cost-of-living support measures, including up to S$200 cash for eligible Singaporeans and S$200 CDC vouchers (www.channelnewsasia.com)

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The measures come under an additional S$1.1 billion support package to help Singaporean households, especially lower- to middle-income ones, cope with rising costs.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

One thing I really hate about commentators is judging the support based on how long it lasts, like a hand out. "$200 only for a week's worth of groceries." No, it's meant to cope with the increases. It'd be far more useful to frame the argument based on it being enough/not enough to do what it does. Eg $200 but due to increases in cost of living the monthly family expenses has been running at $200 more despite some minor changes in lifestyle to decrease expenses. Then it'll form a good basis to say that yes, it's really barely enough, since that's going to only last for a month.