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Prime Minister Lawrence Wong participates in a dialogue moderated by DBS Bank CEO Tan Su Shan during the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference at Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre on Oct 12, 2026.

PM Wong Highlights Worry AI May Break Bottom Rung of Career Ladder

As Singapore to an artificial intelligence world, it has to ensure that AI is not used as a shortcut for learning in schools.

Office workers crossing Church Street outside Capital Square. Over the last 14 quarters, financial services recorded the lowest six-month re-entry rate for retrenched resident PMETs most often, followed by wholesale trade.

Returning Laid-off PMETs See 25% Pay Cut

Punggol Digital District (PDD) with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) Punggol Campus (right) located in Punggol Coast Road. Tech employment in non-tech sectors rose 5.3 per cent year on year to 130,900 from 124,400 in 2024, while the number of tech professionals in tech sectors increased 1.8 per cent to 91,300 from 89,600 the previous year.

Digital Economy Accounts For 19.3% of Singapore GDP in 2025

Press Conference on the Taskforce on Assurance for Families with Persons with Disabilities. Taskforce Members (L-R) Mr Eric Chua, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development and Law, Mdm Rahayu Mahzam, Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and Health, Taskforce Chairperson and Senior Minister of State for Social and Family Development Goh Pei Ming, Dr Syed Harun Alhabsyi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and National Development and Mr Shawn Huang, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower and Finance

New Measures To Help Those With Disabilities Find Jobs After School

Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung’s remarks come as the proportion of graduates who secured employment six months after graduation declined from 92.9 per cent in 2023 to 88.9 per cent in 2025.

Ong Ye Kung: Can Stay Confident that Singapore is Still Creating Jobs Amid Tighter Job Market

A worker building a traditional wooden boat at a yard in Ibrahim Hyderi in Karachi. The rhythmic hammering of nails and the whine of saws echo around a coastal Karachi neighbourhood, where small figures of men work atop massive wooden fishing hulls that loom beneath a pale summer sky.

Pakistan’s Fishing Heritage Alive In Coastal Karachi

Renewable every three years, the H-1B is seen as a stepping stone to permanent residency in the US, more popularly referred to as the “green card”.

Trump’s H-1B Crackdown is Starting to Drive Tech Talent Back to India

His dismissal lacked sufficient justification, even as the tribunal rejected his primary claim that he was let go because of a mental health condition.

Tribunal Rules Dismissal Unjust Despite Firm Following Termination Clause

Graduands of National University of Singapore (NUS) at their convocation at Kallang Theatre.

More Young Indians Now Believe a Degree Won’t Change Their Lives

Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash presents appreciation packs to workers covered under the Progressive Wage Model during the launch of NTUC’s “Appreciating Our PWM Workers” campaign

Workers such as Cleaners, Security Officers to Enjoy More Annual Leave from 2029

The restructuring is meant to take GovTech from managing projects delivered by vendors to running tech products itself, said its chairman Chng Kai Fong.

GovTech Retrenches 93 Staff, with More Jobs to be Affected From Restructuring

A. Ashwin Kumar (middle) was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma in July 2025. He has since recovered and aims to become an oncologist in the future to help other cancer patients.

Aspiring Oncologist Ashwin Kumar Beat Cancer with Courage

Real wages grew by 4 per cent in 2025, up from 3.2 per cent the year before.

Workers’ real wages grew by 4% as inflation fell in 2025, according to MOM report

(From left) Secretary-General of NTUC Ng Chee Meng, Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng, and Tan Hee Teck, President of SNEF.

Tripartite Council to Safeguard Jobs Amid AI Boom

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