Government will act if cost pressure worsens, says Finance Minister Lawrence Wong

SINGAPORE: The Government will take further action to protect jobs and help Singaporeans deal with increased costs, if the external situation worsens, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday in the Budget 2022 round-up speech.

Singapore is thus enhancing the resilience of its energy supplies, taking steps to moderate the effect of higher inflation and has introduced measures in the Budget to help households and businesses. “We have monetary policy to deal with inflation, we are able to do take a series of actions to better secure our energy supplies. And thirdly, we can help households and businesses directly - we have the resources to do so,” said Mr Wong.COST PRESSURES FOR BUSINESSES

The concerns of local businesses are why these changes have been announced ahead of time, but will happen stepwise over the next few years, said Mr Wong. Keeping the cost of employing foreigners low will mean depressing the wages of local workers over time, he pointed out.

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