Parliament: Financial aid timely but arts sector needs help to prepare for post-Covid 19 world

Parliament: Financial aid timely but arts sector needs help to prepare for post-Covid 19 world

The Straits Times - Politics·2020-04-07 14:05

SINGAPORE - Wage supplements of 75 per cent for April and 25 per cent for the next eight months, raising the grant amounts arts companies can apply for, and rental waivers for two monthsfor tenants on properties owned by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY).

These are just some of the ways the $55 million Arts and Culture Resilience Package will be divvied up. The financial aid comes just in time to relieve a hard-hit sector which has lost millions in box office revenue in the first quarter as performing venues are shut to facilitate social distancing.

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