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Moving Forward Together (Growing a caring & active society …

- - - - Enabling Masterplans are 5-year national plans to support persons with disabilities and their caregivers. Under the two previous Masterplans, we increased support in areas such as early intervention and education, employment, care services, assistive technologies and accessibility.
      - Third Enabling Masterplan, which was put together by a committee of private and public sector representatives. The Masterplan calls for the Government and the community to better integrate Persons with Disabilities into the workforce, and to give more support to their caregivers.
      - higher-functioning graduands from Special Education schools who can work are matched to special training programmes, to prepare them for employment. We will make these training programmes available to not only graduands with mild intellectual disability and autism, but also those with moderate intellectual and multiple disabilities.
      - support caregivers, we will set up a Disability Caregiver Support Centre to provide information, planned respite, training and peer support groups. The Centre will also work with VWOs to pilot programmes catering to caregivers of newly-diagnosed Persons with Disabilities
    - - resource VWOs to set up more community-based teams to support those in need, as well as educate the public on mental health issues. MOH will provide mental health care services in polyclinics, as part of its broader effort to improve the delivery of care within the community.
        We will also involve the wider community, and expand the number of Dementia Friendly Communities. The National Council for Social Services will also lead efforts to integrate persons with mental health issues at the workplace and in wider society.
  - - - -With immediate effect, CPF Housing Grant increases from $30,000 to $50,000 for couples who purchase 4-room or smaller resale flats -from $30,000 to $40,000 for couples who purchase 5-room or bigger resale flats. -Together with the Additional CPF Housing Grant and Proximity Housing Grant13, a couple can now receive a total of up to $110,000 in housing grants when buying a resale flat, depending on the flat location, flat type and their income. -Other eligible first-timers will also benefit from some grant enhancement.
    - - increase annual bursary amounts for those attending Post-Secondary Education Institutions, or PSEIs. The amount of increase will be up to $400 for undergraduate students, up to $350 for diploma students, and up to $200 for ITE students. For ITE students, existing bursaries already more than cover their course fees
      - extend PSEI bursaries to more families, by revising the income eligibility criteria. About 12,000 more Singaporean students are expected to benefit, bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 71,000.
- - - - -Water sufficiency is a matter of national survival & imported water and local catchment water currently meet more than half of our water demand, but both sources depend heavily on weather conditions
        --> WHY INCREASE?:
        - priced water to reflect higher costs of desalination and NEWater production because every additional drop of water has to come from these two sources -cost of water production and transmission has increased as we build more desalination and NEWater plants, and lay deeper pipes through an urbanised environment. -last revised in 2000, almost 20 years ago = update to reflect cost of water supply
      - INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTED: -increase water prices by 30% in two phases, starting from 1 July 2017
        
        restructuring the Sanitary Appliance Fee and the Waterborne Fee into a single, volume-based fee
        
        increase will be less than $25 per month, once the increase is fully phased in on 1 July 2018. For 75% of households, the increase in monthly water bills will be less than $18. We will have measures to help lower- and middle-income households manage this increase
        -impose a Water Conservation Tax on potable water, to promote conservation = impose a Water Conservation Tax on NEWater, which will be 10% of the NEWater tariff, starting from 1 July 2017 among INDUSTRIAL USERS
    - - WHY?:
        ->most economically efficient & fair way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
        
        ->will consult widely with stakeholders,& aim to implement the carbon tax from 2019.
        ->looking at a tax rate of between $10 and $20 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions
        ->create a price signal to incentivise industries to reduce their emissions, complementing the regulatory measures which will be introduced =help to achieve our commitments to reduce emissions under the Paris Agreement, efficiently & as low as the economy as possible
        ->spur creation of new opportunities in green growth industries such as clean energy.
        ->Revenue from the carbon tax will help to fund measures by industries to reduce emissions.
  - - - -> Vibrant city where people can come together, create shared experiences, and forge stronger bonds
        -> continue to invest in more sports and arts facilities around the island
        --EG. working with the community to design the new Jurong Lake Gardens as our new national gardens in the heartlands
    - - -->deepen Singapore’s connectivity to global markets -->strive to remain a vibrant and well-connected city that is highly liveable for our people and businesses
        --> people will be constantly in touch with and be energised by new ideas, concepts, people, services and products from all over the world
        --EG. new Changi Airport Terminal 5
- - - - -Government must continue to spend judiciously, emphasise value-for-money and drive innovation in delivery.
        -apply a permanent 2% downward adjustment to the budget caps of all Ministries and Organs of State from FY2017 onwards, to emphasise the need to stay prudent and effective.
        -four ministries that are serving security needs, or significantly expanding their services – namely Home Affairs, Defence, Health and Transport – the 2% adjustment will be phased in over FY2017 and FY2018
        -Some of the funds will be used for cross-agency projects that deliver value to citizens and businesses
- - - - Funding support for Singaporeans to take approved courses will continue to be available through SkillsFuture. In addition, union members can get subsidies for selected courses through the NTUC-Education and Training Fund
      - offer more short, modular courses, and expand the use of e-learning = to enhance training and make it more accessible
  - - - introduce an “Attach and Train” initiative for sectors that have good growth prospects, but where companies may not be ready to hire yet = ndustry partners can send participants for training and work attachments = increase the chances of these workers to find a job in the sector later
      - increase wage and training support provided under the Career Support Programme, the Professional Conversion Programme, and the Work Trial Programme.
      - help workers adapt to structural shifts in the economy, especially those who seek to move to a different sector or industry & strengthen the support this year.