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More skills training aid on the way for SMEs

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Janice Heng

Janice Heng

Published Mon, Feb 11, 2019 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    MORE help is on the way to encourage firms to send workers for training, said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Koh Poh Koon during a visit to Singapore medtech manufacturing firm Racer Technology on Monday morning.

    Noting that there are existing initiatives encouraging small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to send workers for skills training, he added: "This is something that we want to do more in the upcoming Budget and Committee of Supply."

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