Tech-savvy talent key to Smart Nation

SINGAPORE'S top priority for its Smart Nation initiative has always been around jobs - be it job creation or the transition to better-quality jobs. The push for more technologically advanced business models has created an incessant need for more tech-savvy individuals.

While urban infrastructure is critical for a digitalised nation, a truly Smart Nation cannot be built without first digitalising our talent.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed his concern earlier this year on Singapore not moving as fast as it ought to on digital transformation. At this year's National Day Rally, he touched on how each Smart Nation project, whether big or small, needs engineers, programmers, data analysts and technicians with the right skills, managers with the understanding, and leaders with the dare, courage and organisational ability to make it happen.