2025年1月7日，新加坡交通部長兼財政部第二部長徐芳達在國會書面答覆宏茂橋集選區議員顏添寶有關修訂政府援助計劃的金額以更好地幫助中低收入工人的相關舉措。

以下內容為新加坡眼根據國會英文資料翻譯整理：

顏添寶（宏茂橋集選區議員）先生詢問總理兼財政部長：目前針對中低收入工人的所有政府援助計劃的支持金額是否可以進一步修訂，以使他們能夠應對由周期性和非周期性通貨膨脹導致的生活成本上升？

徐芳達（交通部長兼財政部第二部長）先生：政府定期審查我們的社會支持計劃的範圍、覆蓋面和支付金額。這些審查會考慮宏觀經濟趨勢，包括通貨膨脹和工資增長，以確保我們的支持規模適當，並針對那些有更大需求的人群。

在過去一年中，我們加強了惠及中低收入工人的社會支持計劃。例如，我們從2025年1月1日起提高了「就業入息補助計劃」（Workfare Income Supplement, WIS）的補助金額，將符合資格的月收入上限從2,500新元提高到3,000新元，並將每年的最高WIS補助金額從4,200新元增加到4,900新元。這些改進確保WIS能夠在生活成本上升的情況下繼續支持低收入工人。

政府還推出了一系列措施，支持所有新加坡人應對生活成本上升，特別是為中低收入家庭提供更多幫助。特別是，我們將「保障援助配套」（Assurance Package）的金額增加到超過100億新元。這些改進包括2024年預算案中的生活成本特別補助（已於2024年9月發放）、社區發展理事會（CDC）購物券、額外的水電費節省（U-Save）以及服務與雜費（S&CC）回扣。

儘管社會支持措施發揮著重要作用，但幫助中低收入工人應對生活成本上升的最有效方式是使他們能夠隨著時間的推移增加實際工資。這就是為什麼我們的優先事項之一是繼續推動經濟增長，創造更多優質就業機會，並通過技能提升和終身學習支持新加坡人從事這些工作。

我們的努力幫助工人們逐步增加了實際收入。他們收入的增長，甚至超過了通貨膨脹率。根據人力部2024年新加坡勞動力預先報告，從2019年到2024年，實際收入中位數每年增長0.7%。低收入工人的實際收入增長更快，每年增長1.2%。

政府將繼續密切關注情況，並在必要時採取進一步措施，加強對工人的支持。

以下是英文質詢內容：

Mr Gan Thiam Pohasked the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance whether the current support quanta across all Government assistance schemes for low and medium-income workers can be further revised to enable them to stay above the increased cost of living resulting from cyclical and non-cyclical inflation.

Mr Chee Hong Tat: The Government regularly reviews the scope, coverage and payout quanta of our social support schemes. These reviews take into account macroeconomic trends, including inflation and wage growth, to ensure that our support is sized appropriately and targeted at those with greater needs.

Over the past year, we have enhanced social support schemes that benefit lower- and middle-income workers. For example, we enhanced the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) scheme from 1 January 2025, with the qualifying monthly income cap raised from $2,500 to $3,000 and the maximum WIS payments per year increased from $4,200 to $4,900. These enhancements ensure that WIS continues to support lower-income workers amidst the rising cost of living.

The Government has also rolled out measures to support all Singaporeans with their cost of living, with more help given to lower- and middle-income families. In particular, we have enhanced the Assurance Package to more than $10 billion. The enhancements include measures, such as the Budget 2024 Cost-of-Living Special Payment that was disbursed in September 2024, Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers and additional utilities save (U-Save) and service and conservancy charges (S&CC) rebates.

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While social support measures play an important role, the most effective way to help lower- and middle-income workers cope with the rising cost of living is to enable them to increase their real wages over time. This is why one of our priorities is to continue growing the economy to create more good jobs and support Singaporeans to take on these jobs through skills upgrading and lifelong learning.

Our efforts have helped our workers increase their real income over time. This is the increase in their income, which is above the rate of inflation. Based on the Ministry of Manpower's Labour Force in Singapore Advance Release 2024, real median income grew at 0.7% per annum from 2019 to 2024. Real income for lower-wage workers grew at a higher rate of 1.2% per annum.

The Government will continue to monitor the situation closely and, where required, we will make further moves to strengthen the support for our workers.

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