THE Government is looking into bringing forward some of the $4.7 billion worth of public construction projects to boost the economy, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said on Friday.

'We're in the process of re-looking at these projects and see how we can bring forward some of these deferred projects. This is an exercise that's ongoing at the moment,' said Mr Mah at an HDB event.

These projects were deferred in the last year due to soaring construction costs.