800k to get $106m rebates

[General Veers]

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Dec 31, 2009

800k to get $106m rebates

<!--background story, collapse if none--> Amount of U-Save rebates for HDB households in 2010

JAN 2010
1-Room : $100
2-Room : $100
3-Room : $90
4-Room: $85
5-Room: $50
Executive Flats : $30

JULY 2010
1-Room : $100
2-Room : $100
3-Room : $70
4-Room : $65
5-Room : $40
Executive Flats : $25

TOTAL
1-Room: $200
2-Room : $200
3-Room: $160
4-Room : $150
5-Room : $90
Executive Flats : $55

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About 800,000 Housing Board households will receive $106 million worth of U-Save rebates next year, the Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday. -- ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG

<!-- story content : start --> ABOUT 800,000 Housing Board households will receive $106 million worth of U-Save rebates next year, the Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday.
The first payout, amounting to $60 million of utility rebates, will be made in January, while the the second payout will come in July. One-room and two-room households will get $200 worth of U-Save rebates, which will offset more than a third (34 per cent) of their annual utility bills on average. Four-room households will receive $150 worth of rebates, which will offset 10 per cent of their annual utility bills on average. U-Save rebates are used to offset utility charges directly. The amount of U-Save rebates in the forthcoming payout will be reflected in the utility bills for January of all eligible households. The U-Save rebates are part of the GST Offset Package announced in Budget 2007 to help Singaporeans, especially low and middle-income households, cope with the GST increase. The U-Save rebates will cost the Government approximately $620 million over five years till 2011.

For more information on U-Save rebates, the public can call SP Services at 1800-2222-333.

 

[General Veers]

Change to U-Save rebates

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Change to U-Save rebates

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Owners of Housing Board flats which are fully-rented out to non-citizen tenants will no longer be eligible for U-Save rebates from January, said the Ministry of Finance on Thursday. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA

<!-- story content : start --> OWNERS of Housing Board flats which are fully-rented out to non-citizen tenants will no longer be eligible for U-Save rebates from January, said the Ministry of Finance on Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said the rebates are meant to help Singaporeans, and are hence restricted to flats owned by Singaporeans. Over the last few years, however, there has been an increase in the number of Singaporean-owned HDB flats which are fully-sublet, including to non-citizen tenants, it noted. To better target the U-Save rebates at Singaporeans as intended, the administration of the scheme will be refined from January. 'HDB flats which are fully sublet to non-citizens will no longer be eligible for U-Save rebates. This is similar to HDB flats which are owned by non-citizens, which are currently already not eligible for the rebates,' said the ministry. 'U-Save rebates will continue to be disbursed to Singaporean-owned HDB flats which are owner-occupied or which are sublet to citizens - that is, with at least one citizen tenant.' The government will pay out $106 million worth of U-Save rebates next year to about about 800,000 HDB household. The first payout, amounting to $60 million, will be made in January, while the the second payout will come in July.

 

[Cestbon]

SO less better don't give at all. Thinking all peasant are begger is it???

 

[singveld]

so little money, not enough to buy peanuts.

 

[ccchia]

Peanuts are only for monkeys such as Durex of NKF who serve the PAPpy masters.
Since we are peasants, we are not eligible for peanuts but just get microscopic scraps from the table of the Leefamily.

These are just a series of little bribes from the PAPpies to fool the gullible Sinkies into voting them in again at the upcoming GE. It is similar tactics used in countries such as Indon, India and Thai, where payout of $5 per voter is enough to make them vote for incumbent strongman gahmen again.