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$600m for retraining workers

$2.3b loan and credit facilities

Inside

Good start but quick recovery is uncertain

View Points

Employers' group delighted

'Do we cut jobs to save costs, or cut costs to save jobs?'

Training comes to the fore as business slows down

Now the dough will rise for this aspiring baker

Tour guide gets help to return to work

No GST cut, but expect cash handouts

Growth may turn negative next year

An expansionary Budget in 2009

No plans to tweak Sing$ stance for now

Now it's up to the banks to act

Averse to lending? Not always, they say

Those disbursing aid should have discretionary powers

Package is merely appetiser to real Budget

Temasek to start firm-wide pay cuts

Statement soon on civil service pay

How good firms treat workers in a downturn

What it should have been

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