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Low Youjin

Low Youjin

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Low Youjin is a correspondent at The Business Times where he covers Singapore macroeconomics, labour, and manpower policies.

emailyjlow@sph.com.sg
Clockwise from top left: Abrasive Engineering’s executive chairman Tan Ser Hean; VFT CEO Vidal Bharath; and Hyprcool founder Greg Ong.

Cooler servers, cheaper batteries, automated sandblasting: How Singapore firms put RIE support to work

2026-11-04T04:00:00.000Z
The overall moderation in factory activity has been attributed to slower growth in new orders, factory output, input inventories and employment.

Singapore factory growth slows in October as manufacturing PMI dips to 51.4

2026-11-02T13:00:00.000Z
Speaking at the panel were (from left) Insead Thrive Lab’s academic director and panel moderator Winnie Jiang; the manpower ministry’s deputy secretary for workforce Kenny Tan, Google DeepMind’s head of organisational AI research Martin Gonzalez, and Insead’s professor of strategy Phanish Puranam.

AI may boost individual productivity but undermine workplace innovation: panellists

2026-10-30T10:49:27.000Z
Recruitment and selection are the most common applications of AI among employers using the technology in HR, a SNEF survey finds.

Nearly half of employers using AI in HR deploy it for recruitment: SNEF survey

2026-10-30T07:00:00.000Z
Winnie Jiang (far right), an associate professor of organisational behaviour at Insead’s Singapore campus, will serve as the lab’s academic director.

Insead gets US$3 million Google backing for new lab to study AI’s impact on work and life

2026-10-30T04:00:00.000Z
Minister K Shanmugam (left, centre) says the government will publicly name the CEOs and companies that voluntarily agree to assessments of their operations and supply chains.

Firms linked to haze pledge cooperation in meeting with Shanmugam; government to table changes to haze law

2026-10-28T09:00:00.000Z
The expansion will broaden the programme beyond its initial focus on training at institutes of higher learning.

SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme to cover 140 more courses, including in finance and tech

2026-10-28T07:08:00.000Z
Companies should recognise that fresh graduates have little or no work experience, and play a role in helping them develop the skills they need.
THINKING ALOUD

When did entry-level jobs stop being for beginners?

2026-10-27T23:00:00.000Z
San Lwin (left), Asean deputy secretary-general (socio-cultural community), and Stanley Loh, MOM’s permanent secretary, officiating the launch of the Asean Labour Statisticians Network.

Singapore-led Asean network aims to spot emerging labour market trends 

2026-10-27T02:30:00.000Z
All manufacturing clusters record output growth on a year-on-year basis in September, except chemicals and biomedical manufacturing.

Singapore factory output growth slows sharply to 3.4% in September, missing forecasts

2026-10-26T05:00:20.000Z
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