Budget Speech
TOWARDS AN ADVANCED ECONOMY: SUPERIOR SKILLS, QUALITY JOBS, HIGHER INCOMES
Delivered in Parliament on 22 February 2010 by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance, Singapore
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(A) ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Weathering the Storm
Fiscal Position for FY2009
The Decade Ahead
(B) TOWARDS AN ADVANCED ECONOMY: SUPERIOR SKILLS, QUALITY JOBS, HIGHER INCOMES
A Major Investment for the Future
(C) RAISING PRODUCTIVITY: SKILLS, INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING
Our Basic Approach
National Productivity and Continuing Education Council
Investing in Continuing Education
Supporting Enterprise Investments in Innovation and Productivity
National Productivity Fund
Raising Foreign Worker Levies
Supporting Business Restructuring
Enhancing Land Productivity
(D) GROWING GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE COMPANIES
Internationalisation – A Growth Imperative
Building Capabilities through Partnerships
Reaping Commercial Advantage from R&D
Improving Access to Growth Finance
Growing Our Role as a Global Business Hub
(E) INCLUDING ALL SINGAPOREANS IN GROWTH
Growth with Opportunities for All
Shift to a Progressive Property Tax Regime
Increasing Tax Reliefs for Families
Increase Course Fee Relief
Support for Charitable Giving
Measures to Support Households
Impact of Transfers to Households
(F) BUDGET POSITION
(G) CONCLUSION
ANNEXES
ANNEX 1: Raising Productivity: Skills, Innovation And Economic Restructuring (
108kb)
ANNEX 2: Growing Globally Competitive Companies (
132kb)
ANNEX 3: Including All Singaporeans In Growth (
93kb)
ANNEX 4: Budget Position (
140kb)
Last updated on 22 Feb 2010








