$64 Million Rebates For 700,000 HDB Households
26 Dec 2006In the 2006 Budget Statement, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a $2.6 billion Progress Package, which included, among other items, Service and Conservancy Charges (S&CC), rental and U-Save rebates to help lower-income households. As part of this Package, 700,000 Singaporean HDB households will receive up to 3 months of S&CC rebates, 2 months of rental rebates and $100 worth of Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates in 2007. The rebates will cost the Government $64 million.
S&CC, Rental and U-Save Rebates
2. Over the past 5 years, the Government has given out a total of $340 million of S&CC and rental rebates and a total of $600 million of U-Save rebates.
3. The S&CC, rental and U-Save rebates will be given out in the following months. For the U-Save rebates, this is the second installment of the rebates in the Progress Package. The first installment was given out in July 2006. Households would have received between $30 and $100 in July 2006, and will receive another rebate of between $30 and $100 in January 2007, depending on their HDB flat type.
2007 | HDB Flat Type | ||||
1-Room | 2-Room | 3-Room | 4-Room | 5-Room | |
S&CC Waiver | 1 (Jan) | 0.5 (Jan) | 0.5 (Jan) | 0.5 (Jan) | 0.5 (Jan) |
Total: 3 | Total: 2 | Total: 1 | Total: 1 | Total: 0.5 | |
Rental Waiver | 0.5 (Jan) | 0.5 (Jan) | - | - | - |
Total: 2 | Total: 1 | ||||
U-Save Rebates | $100 (Jan) | $100 (Jan) | $50 (Jan) | $40 (Jan) | $30 (Jan) |
4. MND and HDB will be sending notification letters to all eligible households in December 2006 to inform them of their S&CC and rental rebates respectively. SP Services will also notify all eligible households of their U-Save rebates for their January bill.
5. For more information, the public can call HDB at 1800-2255-432 on S&CC and rental rebates, and SP Services at 1800-2222-333 on U-Save rebates.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE