SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a special component to Budget 2025 on Tuesday called the SG60 Package, in celebration of Singapore’s 60 years of nationhood.
The package contains “goodies” for everyone and appears to be in line with one of the Budget’s key aims Mr Wong stated early in his speech, which is to
These vouchers will be distributed from July 2025, with seniors receiving the first tranche. They can be used in all businesses that accept CDC Vouchers, with half being allowed to be spent at participating groceries, and the other half at participating heartland firms and hawkers. Next, he reiterated that all the babies born to Singapore citizens this year will be given a special SG60 Baby Gift, which Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah had announced earlier. Ms Rajah said in January that she would provide more details about the special gift package by early March.
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