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SINGAPORE: Taxi and private-hire car drivers whose incomes have been affected by heightened COVID-19 restrictions will receive an additional S$27 million from the Government through the COVID-19 driver relief fund until the end of June this year.
This is on top of the S$188 million already committed for payments through the fund from January to June this year, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Friday (May 21).
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