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SINGAPORE: Singapore workers should aim to be better and faster, said secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Lim Swee Say, at a community event on Sunday.
He said even though the next three to five years will see other countries competing keenly with Singapore for jobs and investments, Singapore will stand a better chance in the new world economy.
The labour chief said Singapore's workforce can keep ahead of the game by focusing on three areas – increasing productivity, improving capabilities and enhancing flexibility.
He stressed that this new mindset must cut across all sectors and it applies to all workers.
"If we have workers who continue to be trapped in the low-productivity job, in the low-wage jobs, in the low-skilled jobs, whether the worker is a local worker or a foreign worker, he is still an economic problem because Singapore's economy in certain sectors will not be sustainable," said Mr Lim.
Instead of achieving marginal improvement in productivity, Mr Lim challenged workers to aim for quantum leap in skills improvement, capability and flexibility.
NTUC will spell out its plans to boost workforce productivity over the next few weeks.
- CNA/so
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