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What Youths Need To Know About Budget 2018 And More
By Seedly  •  February 23, 2018

A lot went down during Monday’s Budget Speech by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat. Beyond the concerns about our 9% GST, many of the things mentioned directly affect the lives of youths. Guilty as charged, I admit that the 2-hour Budget Speech, though important, slides past my interest and I believe that this is the same for many other Singaporean youths.

So to make things easy, we broke things down and summarised the 5 most important things Singaporean Youths need to know about the Budget 2018:

P.S. Haven’t watched the speech? No problem, we’ve digested the two hours’ worth and summarized its highlights for you here.

1. Edusave Top-Ups

As announced during the budget, close to $200 Million a year will be spent on supporting our education schemes. This includes an increase in the annual Edusave contributions by $30 for primary school students, from $200 to $230 and $50 for

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By Seedly
Launched in 2016, Seedly helps users make smarter financial decisions with its budgeting app which allows its 40,000 users to sync up their financial accounts and better manage their cash-flow. Last year, we introduced a new community feature which allows users to crowdsource knowledge from peers before making a financial decision.
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