PM Wong to deliver 2025 Budget, titled Onward Together For A Better Tomorrow, on Feb 18

(Photo credit: Lawrence Wong/Facebook)

Source: The Straits Times

Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said that the 2025 Budget will be one “for all Singaporeans”. He will deliver the 2025 Budget statement at 3.30pm on Feb 18 in Parliament.

In a Feb 17 Facebook post, where he is seen holding up a folder titled Onward Together For A Better Tomorrow, PM Wong said:

“It will also be a Budget that involves all of you, and advances our #ForwardSG plans for a stronger and more united society.

“Let’s move onward together for a better tomorrow!”

Singaporeans will be able to watch the Prime Minister deliver his speech via a live webcast, said the Ministry of Finance on Feb 3. The link to the webcast will be available on the Singapore Budget website. PM Wong’s speech will also be streamed live on The Straits Times’ website. Readers can receive a special-edition Budget newsletter as well by signing up for ST’s Evening Update.

This will be PM Wong’s first Budget as prime minister, and he will likely address concerns such as the cost of living and job security. 

In a press conference on Nov 8, 2024, he said the 2025 Budget will have four broad themes – economic strategies for the next bound; opportunities for skills upgrading and jobs for workers; support for Singaporeans across different life stages; and strengthening Singaporeans’ sense of solidarity and unity as the country marks SG60, its 60th year of independence.

The themes were “very much derived from concerns that Singaporeans have highlighted”, he said to the media.

“We are therefore focusing on looking at what measures we can take, what new policies, programmes and schemes we might be able to put in place to address these concerns.”