SEE: Singapore announces $24 bil plan to transform businesses and workers over next three years
Heng joked that he hopes to have just one Budget for 2021, unlike 2020 where he had to make four budget speeches and three round-up speeches. “My New Year wish is to have just one budget,” he said. The $11 billion relief measures, which is also called the Covid-19 resilience package, has three prongs. The first arm looks to safeguard public health and reopen Singapore safely. $4.8 billion will be channeled towards with a strong focus being on vaccination. As of Feb 14, close to 250,000 people had received their first dose of vaccine, of which about 55,000 had also received their second dosage.