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Budget 2025: Surprises or Expectations? What's in the basket? Lens on Singapore

The countdown to Singapore Budget 2025 has begun, and expectations are running high.

Lens on Singapore hosts Claressa Monteiro and Howie Lim sit down with experts Nicholas Fang and Dr. Mathew Mathews to discuss what Singaporeans can expect from PM Lawrence Wong's budget debut.

From cost of living to sustainability and AI, we examine the biggest issues facing Singapore today, and what the upcoming Budget could mean for Singaporean households and businesses.

Highlights of the conversation:

01:18 An election year budget?

03:15 Addressing cost of living

08:31 Confronting business challenges

12:34 Adapting to geopolitical uncertainty

13:36 Support for mid-career workers

18:41 Is AI the big disruptor?

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Hosted by Claressa Monteiro and Howie Lim, edited and produced by Claressa Monteiro, Emily Liu and Chai Pei Chieh.

With Nicholas Fang, senior advisor, The Asia Group and managing director, Black Dot; and Dr. Mathew Mathews, head, Institute of Policy Studies Social Lab, NUS

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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