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Tackling Immediate Issues
Help for Singaporeans
Service & Conservancy Charges
1.84 Last year I announced that the Government would
be giving rebates for two to five months of S&C
charges in 2003 for Singaporeans living in all 1- to
5-room HDB flats. In addition, the 1-room, 2-room and
3-room flats would also be getting partial rebates on
the remaining months of the year. This was part of the
package of measures to offset the GST increase. To help
families in this economic climate, I have decided to
enhance this by granting one extra month of rebate on
S&C charges for all 1- to 5-room HDB flats.
Table 5: Rebates for Service & Conservancy
Charges
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1-room
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5
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6
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2-room
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4
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5
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3-room
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4
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5
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4-room
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3
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4
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5-room
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2
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3
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1.85 This will increase the total number of months
of S&C charges waived to six months for 1-room flats,
five months for 2- and 3-room flats, four months for
4-room flats, and three months for 5-room flats. This
extra month of rebate will be granted in April, and
will cost the Government an extra $31 million.
1.86 The new schedule of rebates for S&C charges
for 2003 is at Annex
C.
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