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Mar 16, 2010
S'poreans cheer Budget, but...
By Kor Kian Beng
MOST Singaporeans like this year's Budget because they see initiatives that will help them tackle bread-and-butter burdens such as the cost of living and job prospects.
But they are also concerned about the proposal to cut back on cheap foreign labour by raising foreign worker levies.
These are the conclusions from a survey of 800 Singaporeans, which show seven in 10 support all the recommendations in Budget 2010.
Among them are five top recommendations, which got the backing of more than 90 per cent of the respondents.
Heading the list are two proposals: An increase in parent tax relief for those caring for parents and grandparents, and a top-up to the Post-Secondary Education Accounts of students.
At least 92 per cent gave them the thumbs up in a telephone survey done between Feb 24 and March 3 by the Government's feedback unit, Reach.
Mar 16, 2010
S'poreans cheer Budget, but...
By Kor Kian Beng
MOST Singaporeans like this year's Budget because they see initiatives that will help them tackle bread-and-butter burdens such as the cost of living and job prospects.
But they are also concerned about the proposal to cut back on cheap foreign labour by raising foreign worker levies.
These are the conclusions from a survey of 800 Singaporeans, which show seven in 10 support all the recommendations in Budget 2010.
Among them are five top recommendations, which got the backing of more than 90 per cent of the respondents.
Heading the list are two proposals: An increase in parent tax relief for those caring for parents and grandparents, and a top-up to the Post-Secondary Education Accounts of students.
At least 92 per cent gave them the thumbs up in a telephone survey done between Feb 24 and March 3 by the Government's feedback unit, Reach.
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