Singapore unveiled a budget on Friday filled with handouts for poorer citizens, with an eye on elections that may be called as early as the second quarter.Measures for the upcoming financial year included a package of benefits for Singaporeans worth S$6.6 billion ($5.2 billion), as well as lower income taxes for all middle-income families in the city-state, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told parliament in his budget speech. Full story
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