JOBLESS Singaporeans who qualify for a Government-sponsored training programme under which they receive a $4-an-hour training allowance will not have to wait until they finish their course to get paid.

They will receive their allowance sooner and in regular instalments, to give them some cash in the pocket even as they undergo training.

Officials who revealed this impending change when responding to questions at a forum on Wednesday with 260 human resource practitioners and union officials, said that the details will be announced in a few weeks' time.

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