See tech disruption as enabling, rather than taking away jobs: Heng
Future of work should see technology, human capacity combining in a much more meaningful way, he says
Singapore
RATHER than seeing technological disruption as a threat to jobs, we should think about how technology enables us to do more than would otherwise be possible, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat at the opening of PwC Singapore's new office at Marina One East Tower yesterday.
"Some people may say, 'Oh no, we are going to be disrupted, we are going to be displaced, and we humans are going to be out of a job.' But I really think that that is quite a negative way of thinking about it."
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