Robotics, startups primed for leg-up
Robotics helps in a tight labour market: Heng
SINGAPORE'S robotics and innovation ambitions are getting a massive boost, with Budget 2016 putting innovation centre-stage and offering more targeted support for vogue sectors.
A sum of S$450 million will be set aside in the next three years for the National Robotics Programme, a multi-agency initiative to promote robotic technologies across industries.
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said: "Robotics can enable us to work more effectively in a tight labour market (and) create more high value-added jobs."
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