Business Times Singapore Budget 2019 Roundtable

47:46 mins

Synopsis: This year's Budget saw Singapore double down on its economic restructuring push, against the backdrop of a weakening economy, with growth hit by global trade worries. 

On the business front, Singapore unveiled new and extended schemes to help firms and workers, alongside tighter restrictions on foreign workers.

Social support was also announced, from increasing spending on healthcare for an ageing population to tax rebates for some citizens.

But will these measures go far enough? Is there a need to rejig initiatives instead of staying the course set in previous years?

Moderator: Genevieve Cua, wealth editor, The Business Times

Roundtable panellists:

Larry Sim, tax partner, KPMG
Selena Ling, head of treasury research and strategy, OCBC
Eugene Tan, associate professor of law, Singapore Management University
Kurt Wee, president, Association of Small and Medium Enterprises

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