Question
Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry how many companies have benefited from the National Productivity Fund so far.
Written Reply by Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry
The National Productivity Fund (NPF) provides long-term support for productivity and continuing education initiatives and strategies over ten years, starting from 2010. To date, about $950 million has been committed from the NPF to support a wide range of productivity programmes. These programmes have benefitted about 5,700 companies so far.