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State to pay bonus to citizens from surplus budget

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat presenting the Singapore Budget 2018 in Parliament [Photo Courtesy]

The Singapore Government will award all citizens aged 21 years and above a one-off bonus of up to S$300 (Sh23,000).

Singapore’s Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat Monday announced that the 2017 budget came in with a surplus of about S$10 billion (Sh767.6b).  

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