Clarification by Prime Minister and Minister for Finance

The following statement was in the reply provided by the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (Mr Lawrence Wong) during the Debate on the Annual Budget Statement at the Sitting of 26 February 2026:

The Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (Mr Lawrence Wong): Once you make the DRC for F&B lower, you can be sure there will be many F&B foreign workers in Singapore doing non-F&B jobs. [Please refer to ​"Debate on Annual Budget Statement", Official Report, 26 February 2026, Vol 96, Issue 20, Budget section.]

Written statement by Mr Lawrence Wong circulated with the leave of the Speaker, in accordance with Standing Order No 29(5).

I wish to make the following factual correction to my reply given following the Round-Up Speech during the Debate on the Annual Budget Statement at the Sitting of 26 February 2026. My reply should read as follows:

The Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (Mr Lawrence Wong): Once you make the DRC for F&B looser, you can be sure there will be many F&B foreign workers in Singapore doing non-F&B jobs.