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The Straits Times
Budget a 'decisive' one for tough times

By Zakir Hussain

THIS year's $20.5 billion Budget is a 'very decisive Budget' which aims to help see Singaporeans through difficult economic times ahead, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.

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And while it offers a variety of help measures for employers, he noted that individuals and less well-off households were not left out.

The assistance they were receiving was 'not a small amount', he said on Monday after visiting employees at pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).


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