A report by the Washington Post says that theft in the US has risen during this pandemic. What is striking is that this rise is driven by theft of essential food items, like bread and baby formula.
About 26 million American adults reported not having enough food to eat in Nov 2020. Many have lost their jobs and are desperate.
Singaporeans are fortunate. The Singapore Government went all out to support businesses and workers, digging into our reserves stored up through prudence, and set up a National Job Council to create jobs, opportunities and traineeships for Singaporeans.
This new year, let's count our blessings and be thankful for what we have, and work together for a brighter tomorrow.
In his new year message, PM Lee said:
The Government has gone all out to support our workers and companies, to prevent massive job losses and business failures. We passed five Budgets, totalling close to $100 billion. We drew heavily on our past reserves to help businesses and workers through the Jobs Support Scheme, the Self-Employed Persons Income Relief Scheme (SIRS), the COVID-19 Support Grant, and many other schemes. We set up new channels, virtual and physical, to help jobseekers get matched to employers that were still hiring.
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