Mr Chairman, first let me thank Members for their comments and their suggestions. Let me respond to the general questions on the economy and explain our strategies for the downturn. SMS Iswaran will deal with the questions on resource costs and tourism and then MOS Lee Yi Shyan will respond on SMEs, entrepreneurship and consumer protection.

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