Highlights of latest Covid19 support measures

20/08/2020

Highlights of latest Covid19 support measures announced by DPM Heng on Monday:

  1. The Jobs Support Scheme will be extended by up to seven months to March 2021, subsidising wages of local workers by 10 per cent to 50 per cent.
  2. The COVID-19 Support Grant will be extended to December to help citizens and PRs who are unemployed or have suffered significant income loss. New applicants to this scheme are welcomed.
  3. There will be a new programme to support firms in hiring workers. Wages of new local hires will be subsidised by 25 per cent to 50 per cent.
  4. Singaporeans will get S$320 million in vouchers to boost the local tourism and support tourism sector in Sep 2020.

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