Singaporeans face higher bills and fares as inflation bites

Government announces support measures for lower-income families

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Singapore will raise bus fares and fees for utilities in December. (Photo by Fumika Sato)

FUMIKA SATO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Public utility charges and transport fares in Singapore will be raised, starting this month, squeezing household budgets already strained by higher inflation.

"The cost of living in Singapore is getting too high. Buying and maintaining a car has become too costly, and now the water price, too. I can manage while I have income, but how will I live when I retire?" an engineer in his 50s lamented. 

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