They give you $500 spending credits….for grocery, goods and other services
Actually i dont know if other countries with high VAT got this incentive
It’s part of the plan to revive the economy from covid . Many countries have that . But other countries doesn’t increase taxes and prices of all sorts in the process. Businesses are already failing with such an imbalanced economy , when the people doesn’t earn as much but they could not keep increasing prices either .
Many f&b are charging prices that is way above average wages per hour . For example a $15-$18 simple meal but the average pay per hour is from $10-$14 nowadays. End of the day you are unable to earn enough even to survive.
To those that not affected by such a crazy cost of living , good for you but there are people out there is really suffering . Everyone is trying to make a living but Pap decided that Singapore is only for the ultra rich to live in .