Singapore needs more 'Stem' grads: PM Lee
This will help economy continue to upgrade, he says
Singapore
SINGAPORE needs more people who are strong in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) so that the economy can continue to upgrade.
Making this point on Friday was Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who said that the country must have strong capabilities in these areas in the coming years to be a "modern, forward-looking and technologically advanced" society.
Speaking at the official opening of the Singapore University of Technology and Design's (SUTD) new S$470 million campus in Upper Changi, he str…
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