Budget 2026 debate: Desmond Tan on ensuring AI strengthens, not displaces, Singapore’s workforce
Singapore is moving towards becoming an AI-enabled economy, but it is also becoming a super-aged society. A major priority is to ensure that AI strengthens workers rather than displaces them and senior workers can have a big role to play. Senior Minister of State and NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Desmond Tan said this in parliament on Wednesday (Feb 25). He said Singapore aims to build a cross-generational workforce, where older workers bring experience as mentors and coaches while younger workers bring digital confidence and new technological capabilities. "AI playbooks" have been launched to guide companies on business transformation and supporting workers’ upskilling. A tripartite workgroup is also studying if more support can be given to long-term unemployed seniors looking to re-enter the workforce.
Singapore is moving towards becoming an AI-enabled economy, but it is also becoming a super-aged society. A major priority is to ensure that AI strengthens workers rather than displaces them and senior workers can have a big role to play. Senior Minister of State and NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Desmond Tan said this in parliament on Wednesday (Feb 25). He said Singapore aims to build a cross-generational workforce, where older workers bring experience as mentors and coaches while younger workers bring digital confidence and new technological capabilities. "AI playbooks" have been launched to guide companies on business transformation and supporting workers’ upskilling. A tripartite workgroup is also studying if more support can be given to long-term unemployed seniors looking to re-enter the workforce.
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