Unity Budget

释义

名词

新加坡政府为了让人民更好地渡过2019冠病疫情时期，而推出的第一项经济援助措施。

DEFINITION

Noun

The first budget presented by the Singapore Government to help Singaporeans get through the COVID-19 pandemic.

由来

英语 “Unity Budget” 的意译。
2020年2月18日，当时兼任财政部长的副总理王瑞杰在2020财政预算案中推出了这项总额达新币一千零六十亿元的预算案。其目的是通过一系列的经济援助措施，帮助国人和企业渡过难关。
此预算案涵盖六大部分：缓冲疫情影响 (Cushioning the Impact of COVID-19)、家庭援助 (Supporting Families)、员工援助 (Supporting Workers)、乐龄援助 (Supporting Seniors)、经济改革 (Transforming Our Economy)、对抗全球暖化问题 (Tackling Climate Change)。
此预算案包括两个总额新币五十六亿元的配套：新币四十亿元的经济稳定与支援配套 (Stabilisation and Support Package)，用于挽救企业和保住员工的工作；新币十六亿元的关怀与援助配套 (Care and Support Package)，用于减轻国人的生活负担。
政府也推出了总额新币六十亿元的定心与援助配套 (Assurance Package for GST)，帮助国人应付未来消费税的上调。每名成年国人五年内可获得新币700元到1,600元之间的现金津贴。
政府也为学生提供更多的经济援助和更高的助学金、为员工提供技能培训课程、为乐龄人士提供乐龄补贴计划，以及为年长员工提供就业补贴。
政府也拨出新币五十亿元，以成立海岸及洪水防护基金 (Coastal and Flood Protection Fund)，应对海平面上升的问题。

ETYMOLOGY

The Mandarin term “团结预算案” is a paraphrase of the English term “Unity Budget”.
On 18 February 2020, Deputy Prime Minister and then Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat introduced this Budget as part of the 2020 Budget. The S$106 billion Unity Budget aimed to assist Singaporeans of all backgrounds and businesses to navigate through difficult times via a series of financial assistance measures.
This budget covered six areas: Cushioning the Impact of COVID-19, Supporting Families, Supporting Workers, Supporting Seniors, Transforming Our Economy, and Tackling Climate Change.
The budget included two packages totalling S$5.6 billion: the S$4 billion Stabilisation and Support Package to support businesses and safeguard jobs, and the S$1.6 billion Care and Support Package to ease Singaporeans’ financial burdens.
The Government also introduced the S$6 billion Assurance Package for GST to help Singaporeans cope with future GST increases. Each adult Singaporean would receive cash grants of S$700 to S$1,600 over five years.
The Government provided more financial assistance and increased bursaries for students, skills training courses for workers, support for seniors through the Silver Support Scheme, and support for senior workers through the Senior Employment Credit scheme.
To tackle climate change, the Government allocated S$5 billion to set up a new Coastal and Flood Protection Fund to deal with rising sea levels.

例句

政府在今年2月 “团结预算案” 中宣布，在关怀与援助配套下发放必需品补助券 (grocery vouchers) 给居住在一房或二房式组屋，且拥有不超过一个房地产的21岁及以上国人。(《联合早报》，11/10/2020)

SAMPLE SENTENCE

In February, the Government announced the Unity Budget. Grocery vouchers will be issued under the Care and Support Package to Singaporeans aged 21 and above who live in 1- or 2-room HDB flats and who own not more than one property. (Lianhe Zaobao, 11/10/2020)

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