$210 Million Rebates For 800,000 HDB Households In FY 2007

For fiscal year (FY) 2007, 800,000 eligible households will receive $210 million worth of Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC), rental and Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates as part of the GST Offset Package announced in the Budget Statement 2007. Households can get up to 4 months of S&CC rebates, 4 months of rental rebates and $220 worth of U-Save rebates. These rebates will cost the Government $210 million in FY2007 and $800 million in total over 5 years.

The FY2007 schedule of rebates starting from June 2007 is shown below:

Note: The full disbursement schedule over FY2007-2011 can be found on the MOF website.

MND and HDB will send notification letters to all eligible households by end May 2007 to inform them of their S&CC and rental rebates respectively. SP Services will also notify all eligible households of their U-Save rebates in their July 2007 bill.

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