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The Straits Times
Help to cope with crisis: PM

By Zakir Hussain

THE Government is preparing measures to help businesses, families and workers tide over the downturn, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday.

The aim is to help businesses reduce costs and to lighten the burden for household, especially the low-income, he added.

However, the situation is still fluid now, he indicated.

 

 

 

 

 


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