SINGAPORE: A third tranche of COVID-19 support measures that includes cash payouts and additional support for jobs will cost the Government S$5.1 billion, with S$4 billion to be drawn from Singapore’s reserves.
The additional measures - which include wage subsidies for every local worker, cash payouts for all adult citizens and more help for the self-employed - will take the Government’s combined COVID-19 support package to S$59.9 billion, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday as