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     $210 million rebates for 800,000 households in FY2007

 

Source: www.gov.sg

$210 MILLION REBATES FOR 800,000 HDB HOUSEHOLDS IN FY2007

For fiscal year (FY) 2007, 800,000 eligible households will receive $210 million worth of Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC), rental and Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates as part of the GST Offset Package announced in the Budget Statement 2007.
Households can get up to 4 months of S&CC rebates, 4 months of rental rebates and $220 worth of U-Save rebates. These rebates will cost the Government $210 million in FY2007 and $800 million in total over 5 years.
The FY2007 schedule of rebates starting from June 2007 is shown below:
 

FY2007

HDB Flat Type

 

1-room

2-room

3-room

S&CC Waiver

1 (Jun 07)

1 (Jun 07)

0.5 (Jun 07)

1 (Sep 07)

1 (Sep 07)

0.5 (Sep 07)

1 (Dec 07)

0.5 (Dec 07)

0.5 (Dec 07)

1 (Mar 08)

0.5 (Mar 08)

0.5 (Mar 08)

 

 

 

 

 No. of Months

Total: 4

Total: 3

Total: 2

 

 

 

 

Rental Waiver

1 (Jun 07)

0.5 (Jun 07)

 

1 (Sep 07)

0.5 (Sep 07)

 

1 (Dec 07)

0.5 (Dec 07)

 

1 (Mar 08)

0.5 (Mar 08)

 

 

 

 

 

 No. of Months

Total: 4

Total: 2

 

 

 

 

 

U-Save

$110 (Jul 07)

$110 (Jul 07)

$110 (Jul 07)

Rebates

$110 (Jan 08)

$110 (Jan 08)

$110 (Jan 08)

 

Total: $220

Total: $220

Total: $220

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FY2007

HDB Flat Type

 

4-room

5-room

E Flats

S&CC Waiver

0.5 (Jun 07)

0.5 (Jun 07)

0.5 (Jun 07)

0.5 (Sep 07)

 

 

0.5 (Dec 07)

0.5 (Dec 07)

 

0.5 (Mar 08)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 No. of Months

Total: 2

Total: 1

Total: 0.5

 

 

 

 

Rental Waiver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 No. of Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U-Save

$105 (Jul 07)

$70 (Jul 07)

$50 (Jul 07)

Rebates

$105 (Jan 08)

$70 (Jan 08)

$50 (Jan 08)

 

Total: $210

Total: $140

Total: $100

 

Note: The full disbursement schedule over FY2007-2011 can be found in MOF website: http://www.mof.gov.sg/
MND and HDB will send notification letters to all eligible households by end May 2007 to inform them of their S&CC and rental rebates respectively.
SP Services will also notify all eligible households of their U-Save rebates in their July 2007 bill.
For more information, the public can call HDB at 1800-2255-432 on S&CC and rental rebates, and SP Services at 1800-2222-333 on U-Save rebates.

Issued by:         Ministry of Finance

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Source: www.gov.sg News Release 24 May 2007