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All Singaporeans aged 20 years and below, and 55 years and above, will also receive AP MediSave top-ups totalling $450 over three years. The disbursements are made annually, from 2023 to 2025. At Budget 2024, a $1.9 billion enhancement to the AP was announced to help alleviate cost-of-living pressures for Singaporean households and provide more support for lower- to middle-income families.

Eligible recipients will be sent an SMS after the benefits have been credited in February. Those without a Singpass-registered mobile number or who do not receive an SMS will have a letter sent to the address on their NRIC. All AP MediSave recipients aged 16 and below will receive a letter addressed to their parents or guardians, informing them of the top-up to their child’s CPF account. To safeguard against scams, the SMS notification sent from gov.sg will only inform citizens of their benefit. Citizens will not be asked to reply to the SMS, click any links or provide any information to the sender. No messages regarding the payments will be sent through WhatsApp or other mobile messaging platforms.

Citizens can check on govbenefits website by logging in with Singpass or also contact 1800-2222-888 or go.gov.sg/apcontactus for more information. From Jan 3, every S'porean household can also claim $300 worth of CDC vouchers to help with daily expenses. A total of 1.33 mil households will benefit from 6th tranche of CDC vouchers can be used at 23,000 heartland merchants’ stores & hawker stalls & at about 400 outlets of eight supermarket chains.