Staying relevant

THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: What's the single most important issue that you expect to see addressed by the Committee on the Future Economy on keeping Singapore competitive? Why?

David Emery Founder and Chairman Reciprocus International Pte Ltd

GLOBALLY, we face an uncertain 2017 shaped by the convergence of an unconventional Trump administration, follow-through on Brexit, rising interest rates and setbacks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

Locally, we face declining SME confidence, structural unemployment issues and overall weak economic growth. This is the moment and environment in which we determine how Singapore must not only stay relevant in the future, but thrive.

Critical to this will be the identification of growth opportunities and new markets. Substantive recommendations on these themes would reinvigorate optimism and hasten efforts to build the globally competitive companies which will ensure Singa…