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Companies get more control over training dollars

Firms also get help in business transformation, job redesign under Budget upgrades to SkillsFuture initiatives

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Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Tue, Feb 18, 2020 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    THE latest changes to Singapore's SkillsFuture efforts will give companies more control over matching training to workforce needs - an improvement on earlier measures, watchers told The Business Times on Tuesday.

    Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, outlining what he dubbed "the next bound of SkillsFuture", unveiled Budget plans to "enhance the role of enterprises in developing their staff".

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