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Thursday, February 11, 2021

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Government Unveils $230 Million SARS Relief Package
17 Apr 2003.

MOH PRESS RELEASE.

Revisit the SARS.

Additional property tax rebates for commercial properties.

Higher property tax rebates for gazetted tourist hotels.

50% reduction in Foreign Worker Levy for unskilled workers employed by gazetted tourist hotels.

100% rebate of TV licence fees for gazetted tourist hotels.

Cess rebate and waiver of cess security deposit.

Bridging loan programme for tourism-related small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Enhanced training grant for the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and STB-approved tourism-related courses.

Raising course-fee support, from a cap of $10 to $15 per training hour for relevant tourism-related courses approved by MOM and STB.

Raising absentee payroll, from $6.10 to $6.50 per training hour.
TRANSPORT SECTOR

9. The measures targeted at the transport sector are:

a. Diesel tax rebates for taxis.

b. Waiver of taxi operator licence fees.

It is not possible for the Government to fully offset the impact of SARS on the economy. However, the Government can and will render assistance to the tourism and transport-related sectors, to help them tide over this difficult period and also to save jobs wherever possible.

The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has created public anxiety and taken a toll on businesses. The hardest and most directly hit are tourism and transport-related industries like airline, cruise, hotel, restaurant, travel agent, retail and taxi services. Other sectors like manufacturing are less affected.

Government agencies such as the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), SPRING, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), and Land Transport Authority have been meeting industry players to understand their problems. Arising from the consultations, the Government has decided to implement a package of relief measures.

The country survived with minimal impact?
No matter what no need to have the last word?
Professionals have their talents and area of expertise.
control every minor detail makes full capacity feels inhibited.
SARS was as much deadly as COVID!; February 12, 2021 11:49 AM
Anonymous said...: Robinsons had no money hurling unto them during the SARS. There was no packing-up during that particular pandemic. Blame it on on-line shopping or out-of-date shopping style. These alone are not able to crush a historical 100-year-old store.; February 12, 2021 2:42 PM
Anonymous said...: A VERY SAD RED DOT DAILY UNDER THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT!!!

Police hunt for 2 suspects in Toa Payoh accident; woman arrested for drug-related offences

‘She did what she did for love’: Woman in ICU tried to save boyfriend in Tanjong Pagar crash.

5 killed in Tanjong Pagar crash: Driver believed to have sped before crashing into shophouse

Woman who died in Tampines stabbing was estranged wife of alleged attacker, who also died

Jail for ex-Miss Universe Singapore contestant who used friends' card details to shop online

Conman who used investment scams to cheat victims of over $1m gets jail

Probation for teen who molested girlfriend while her mum was in another room

316 arrested for loan-shark involvement in S'pore, $52k seized: Police

Record number of scams in 2020 pushed overall crime rate in S'pore to highest in more than 10 years

Couple lost $277k in staycation scam on Carousell; 65% spike in scams in 2020

16 months' jail for woman involved in business deal that paid out nearly $500k in bribe

Man admits pushing CNB officer who fell and fractured hip bone

Man jailed 18 days for molesting woman on MRT train

Ex-Republic Poly student admits insulting female student's modesty on campus

High Court dismisses death row inmate's bid to delay execution on ground of unequal treatment

A*Star scientist allegedly exposed himself and performed sexual act in condo backyard

Man who made racially insensitive comments during GE2020 period sentenced to 2 weeks' jai

Police refute claims they used excessive force when arresting 18-year-old in Clarke Quay

Man jailed after cheating EZ-Link of more than $265,800 using its auto top-up programme

Cryptocurrency firm sues ex-landlord that cut off its electricity

11 women, including 88-year-old, investigated for illegal gambling

Remains found in pot case: Mum accused of murdering toddler faces extra charges

Man linked to 2019 Orchard Towers murder pleads guilty to offences including rioting.

*High costs of living -Difficult to get a good job-Stressful living -Homes are no more a

sanctuary -Overly competitive education system -Condense living -No privacy as sharing

living with family members -Long wait for BTO -Keeping up with friends and neighbors -

Not able to relax with ever-changing rules and regulations -Nowhere to entertain home

with friends other than nightclub pubs and karaoke.*

An unfriendly country in terms of accommodation. Slippery Ministers and self-serving.; February 14, 2021 7:57 AM
Anonymous said...: Government Unveils $230 Million SARS Relief Package
17 Apr 2003.

MOH PRESS RELEASE.

Revisit the SARS.

It is not possible for the Government to fully offset the impact of SARS on the economy. However, the Government can and will render assistance to the tourism and transport-related sectors, to help them tide over this difficult period and also to save jobs wherever possible.

The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has created public anxiety and taken a toll on businesses. The hardest and most directly hit are tourism and transport-related industries like airline, cruise, hotel, restaurant, travel agent, retail and taxi services. Other sectors like manufacturing are less affected.

90 billion verses 230 million.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
Margaret Thatcher

Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.
Dick Armey

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill; February 15, 2021 3:14 PM
Anonymous said...: To be fair to the people of the republic, interviews should be picked randomly from at least

50 people who will be a good representation of what they felt about the budget. Afterall it

is the taxpayer's money not anybody's own money. We should not recycle hand-picked people

who has self-interest, benefitted from the 100 million(oops billions) and who had to say the

right thing because they have a job to keep. At least once, can we keep it unpolitical?

February 18, 2021 9:04 AM; February 18, 2021 9:08 AM
Anonymous said...: To be fair to the people of the republic, interviews should be picked randomly from at least

50 people who will be a good representation of what they felt about the budget. Afterall it

is the taxpayer's money not anybody's own money. We should not recycle hand-picked people

who has self-interest, benefitted from the 100 million(oops billions) and who had to say the

right thing because they have a job to keep. At least once, can we keep it unpolitical?

February 18, 2021 9:04 AM; February 18, 2021 9:08 AM